Strong's Lexicon
G2938 — κτίσμα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2938 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κτίσμα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2936 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | ktisma |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ktis'-mah |
| Meaning: | 1. an original formation (concretely), i.e. product (created thing) |
| KJV Renderings: | creature |
Use Strong's responsibly
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κτίσμα, κτισματος, τό (κτίζω); thing founded; created thing; (Vulg.creatura) (A. V. creature): 1Ti 4:4; Rev 5:13; Rev 8:9 (Wis 9:2 Wis 13:5); contextually and metaphorically, κτίσμα Θεοῦ, transformed by divine power to a moral newness of soul, spoken of true Christians as created anew by regeneration (others take it here unrestrictedly), Jas 1:18 (see ἀπαρχή, metaphorically, a.; also κτίζω under the end, κτίσις, 2 a.); τά ἐν ἀρχή κτισματα Θεοῦ, of the Israelites, Sir 36:20 (15). ((Strabo, Dionysius Halicarnassus))
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κτίσμα (creature)
1 Timothy 4:4
- KJV: For every creature of God good and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving
- GK: ότι παν κτίσμα θεού καλόν και ουδέν απόβλητον μετά ευχαριστίας λαμβανόμενον
James 1:18
- KJV: Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures
- GK: βουληθείς απεκύησεν ημάς λόγω αληθείας εις το είναι ημάς απαρχήν των αυτού κτισμάτων
Revelation 5:13
- KJV: And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all in them heard I saying Blessing and honour and glory and power unto him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever
- GK: και παν κτίσμα ο εστιν εν τω ουρανώ και επι της γης και υποκάτω της γης και επί της θαλάσσης α εστι και τα εν αυτοίς πάντας ήκουσα λέγοντας τω καθημένω επί του θρόνου και τω αρνίω η ευλογία και η τιμή και η δόξα και το κράτος εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων
Revelation 8:9
- KJV: And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea and had life died and the third part of the ships were destroyed
- GK: και απέθανε το τρίτον των κτισμάτων εν τη θαλάσση τα έχοντα ψυχάς και το τρίτον των πλοίων διεφθάρη
Semantic & Concept Relationships
Explore source-defined lexical senses and semantic domains related to this Strong's entry. These links support vocabulary discovery; they do not determine meaning in any passage.
The Englishman's Concordance section on this page remains the occurrence-navigation authority.
Semantic data in this module is under CC BY-SA 4.0, separate from existing page/site terms. Methodology; methodology JSON; sources and licences; attribution JSON.