Quick Definition
κτίσις, εως, ἡ n.f. creation, creature, institution
Strong's Definition
from 2936; original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: building, creation, creature, ordinance
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | κτίζω
42.35 · Perform, Do · Make, Create
creation (in the NT, used exclusively of God’s activity in creation) act of making or creating something which has not existed before
42.38 · Perform, Do · Make, Create
creation, creature, what has been created that which has been created
MRK 16:15 · ROM 1:25 · ROM 8:39 · 2CO 5:17 · GAL 6:15 · COL 1:15 · COL 1:23 · HEB 4:13
1.4 · Geographical Objects and Features · Universe, Creation
universe, creation, what was made the universe as the product of God’s activity in creation The meaning of κτίσις[c] might very well be treated as a simple derivative of the verb κτίζω ‘to create’ (42.35), since the reference is to the result of God’s creative act. However, in a number of contexts, the process of creation is no longer focal, and what is in focus is the total physical universe. In some languages the meaning may be best expressed as ‘the world and all that is in it’ or even ‘everything that exists.’
42.39 · Perform, Do · Make, Create
institution, structure (derivative of κτίζω ‘to create,’ 42.35) a human institution or social structure as something which has been created It is possible that κτίσις in 1PE 2:13 may have the implication of authorized institution. It might even be possible to render κτίσις in such a context as ‘authority’ (compare κτίσις[e] in 37.43).
37.43 · Control, Rule · Exercise Authority
authority an instituted authority, with the implication that such an authority has been created or formed The expression ‘human authority’ may be rendered as ‘every person who has the right to rule.’ For another interpretation of κτίσις in 1PE 2:13, see 42.39.
1 1PE 2:13 The meaning of κτίσις in 1PE 2:13 is by no means certain. Scholarly opinion is seriously divided in view of the obscurity of reference.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κτίσις, -ews, ἧ, (κτίζω), in Grk. writ. the act of founding, establishing, building, etc.; in the N. T. (Vulg. everywhere creatura [yet Heb. ix. 11 creatio]) 1. the act of creating, creation: τοῦ κόσμου, Ro. i. 20. 2. i. q. κτίσμα, creation i. 6. thing created, [ οἴ. W.32]; used a. of individual things and beings, a creature, a creation: Ro. i. 25; Heb. iv.13; any created thing, Ro. viii. 39; after a rabbin. usage (by which a man converted from idolatry to Judaism was called NWIN 793 [ef. Schdttgen, Horae Hebr. i. 328, 704 sq.]), καινὴ κτίσις is used of a man regenerated through Christ, Gal. vi. 15; 2 Co. v.17. b. collectively, the sum or aggregate of created things: Rev. iii. 14 (on which see ἀρχή, 3; [ἡ κτίσις τ. ἀνθρώπων, Teaching of the Twelve etc. c. 167); ὅλη ἡ κτίσις, Sap. xix. 6; πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις, Judith xvi. 14; and without the art. (cf. Grimm on 3 Mace. [ii. 2] p. 235; [Bp. Lghtft. on Col. as below]), πᾶσα κτίσις, Col. i. 15; 3 Mace. ii. 2; Judith ix. 12; σωτὴρ πάσης κτίσεως, Acta Thomae p. 19 ed. Thilo [§ 10 p. 198 ed. Tdf.], (see πᾶς, I. 1 6.); ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως, Mk. x. 6; xiii. 19; 2 Pet. iii. 4; οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, not of this order of created things, Heb. ix. 11; ace. to the demands of the context, of some particular kind or class of created things or beings: thus of the human race, πάσῃ τῇ xt. Mk. xvi. 15; ἐν πάσῃ (Ree. adds τῇ) κτίσει τῇ ὑπὸ τὸν oup., among men of every race, Col. i. 23; the aggregate of irrational creatures, both animate and inanimate, (what we call nature), Ro. viii. 19-21 (Sap. v. 17 (18) ; xvi. 24); πᾶσα 7 xt. ibid. 22; where cf. Reiche, Philippi, Meyer, Riickert, al., [Arnold in Bapt. Quart. for Apr. 1867, pp. 143-153]. 3. an institution, ordinance: 1 Pet. ii. 13; ef. Huther ad loc. [(Pind., al.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κτίσις ktisis 19x
(1) pr. a framing, founding; (2) in NT creation, the act of creating, Rom. 1:20; creation, the material universe, Mk. 10:6; 13:19; Heb. 9:11; 2 Pet. 3:4; a created thing, a creature, Rom. 1:25; 8:39; Col. 1:15; Heb. 4:13; the human creation, Mk. 16:15; Rom. 8:19, 20, 21, 22; Col. 1:23; a spiritual creation, 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15; (3) an institution, ordinance, 1 Pet. 2:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κτίσις, -εως, ἡ
(< κτίζω), [in LXX: Ps 103 (104):24 (קִנְיָן), Pr 1:13 A (הוֹן), To 8:5, Wi 2:6, Si 16:17, III Mac 2:2, al.;]
a founding, settling, foundation (cl.).
In LXX and NT, the act of creating, creation: Mk 10:6 (Swete, in l.), Mk 13:19, Ro 1:20, II Pe 3:4;
that which has been created, creation: Ro 1:25 8:39, He 4:13; καινὴ κ., II Co 5:17, Ga 6:15; πάσῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κ. (Hort., in l.), I Pe 2:13; collectively, of the sum of created things (Wi 19:6, Jth 16:14), Mk 16:[15], Col 1:15, 23, He 9:11, Re 3:14; of the irrational creation, Ro 8:19-22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κτίσις. Syil 608% (i/B.c.) τοὺς γεγ[ενημένους] ἀπὸ τῆς κτίσεως κατὰ γένος ἱερεῖς τοῦ Ι]ο[σειδώ]νος, 26. 3917 (A.D. 133) ἔτους Ὑ τῆς καθιερώσεως τοῦδε τοῦ ᾿Ολυμπίου καὶ τῆς κτίσεος τοῦ Π]ανελληνίου. In connexion with the NT usage for the Creation (Mk τοῦ a/.), Hicks (C2 i. p. 7) draws attention to κτίσις as the regular term for the founding of a city, e.g. Polyb. ix. 1. 4.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κτίσις (ktisis) — creation. κτίσ-ις [ῐ], εως, ἡ, (κτίζω) founding, settling, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. loosely, ={πρᾶξις}, κούφα κ. an easy achievement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. creation, κ. κόσμου [NT]
II. created thing, creature, [LXX+NT]
III. authority created or ordained, [NT]