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κτίζω

To create

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κτίζω G2936
Pronunciation ktízō

What does κτίζω (ktízō) mean in the Bible?

κτίζω (ktízō) is a Greek word meaning "to create". κτίζω [in LXX chiefly for בָּרָא, Psa. Marriage and food are rooted in God’s creative design, not human invention.

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Meaning

to create
Extended definition

To create something fundamentally new, often by divine action; distinct from making or fashioning existing materials.

1in cl., to people or found a region or city (1Es, l.with).
2In LXX and NT, of God, to create: Mrk.13:19, 1Co.11:9, Col.1:16 3:10 Eph.3:9, 1Ti.4:3, Rev.4:11 10:6; ὁ κτίσας, Mat.19:4 (WH, R, mg.), Rom.1:25; of the divine operation on the soul, Eph.2:10, 15 4:24 (cf. Ps., l.with).
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Why This Word Matters
Marriage and food are rooted in God’s creative design, not human invention. 1 Timothy 4:1-5
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Perfect
Voices
Active Passive
Indicative states a fact or reality 8×
Aorist Active Mark 13:19 · 1 Tim 4:3 · Rev 10:6 · Rev 4:11 4×
Aorist Passive 1 Cor 11:9 · Col 1:16 · Rev 4:11 3×
Perfect Passive Col 1:16 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 6×
Aorist Active Matt 19:4 · Rom 1:25 · Eph 3:9 · Col 3:10 4×
Aorist Passive Eph 2:10 · Eph 4:24 2×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Active Eph 2:15 1×
15 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 14 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 6 resultant 1 subjunctive 1 participle 6
Tense
aorist 13 perfect 1
Voice
active 9 passive 5
Mood
indicative 7 participle 6 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 19:4 κτίσας aorist active participle participle Mark 13:19 ἔκτισεν aorist active indicative completed Romans 1:25 κτίσαντα aorist active participle participle 1 Corinthians 11:9 ἐκτίσθη aorist passive indicative completed Ephesians 2:10 κτισθέντες aorist passive participle participle Ephesians 2:15 κτίσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Ephesians 3:9 κτίσαντι aorist active participle participle Ephesians 4:24 κτισθέντα aorist passive participle participle Colossians 1:16 ἐκτίσθη aorist passive indicative completed Colossians 1:16 ἔκτισται perfect passive indicative resultant Colossians 3:10 κτίσαντος aorist active participle participle 1 Timothy 4:3 ἔκτισεν aorist active indicative completed Revelation 4:11 ἔκτισας aorist active indicative completed Revelation 10:6 ἔκτισεν aorist active indicative completed

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses
1 Timothy 4:1-5 created ktízō Indicative · Aorist Active
To bring into existence by divine act.
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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