Ktisis κτίσις

Ktisis (Greek κτίσις, Strong's G2937) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “creation”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Creation

Verses

Every verse with Ktisis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

• Mark 10:6
  But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
• Mark 13:19
  For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
• Mark 16:15
  And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Romans

• Romans 1:20
  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
• Romans 1:25
  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
• Romans 8:19
  For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
• Romans 8:20
  For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
• Romans 8:21
  Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
• Romans 8:22
  For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
• Romans 8:39
  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Galatians

• Galatians 6:15
  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.

Colossians

• Colossians 1:15
  Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
• Colossians 1:23
  If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 4:13
  Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
• Hebrews 9:11
  But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.

1 Peter

• 1 Peter 2:13
  Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 3:4
  And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

Revelation

• Revelation 3:14
  And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).