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Strong's Number G2937

κτίσις

ktisis · ktis'-is

Transliteration:

ktisis{ktis'-is}

Word Origin:

from 2936

TDNT:

3:1000,481

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

creature 11, creation 6, building 1, ordinance 1

Total: 19
Occurs 19 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

the act of founding, establishing, building etc
1. the act of creating, creation
2. creation i.e. thing created
  1. of individual things, beings, a creature, a creation
    1. anything created
    2. after a rabbinical usage (by which a man converted from idolatry to Judaism was called)
    3. the sum or aggregate of things created
3. institution, ordinance