G2937 — κτίσις (ktisis)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G2937
Original: κτίσις
Transliteration: ktisis
Pronunciation: ktis'-is
Part of Speech: Feminine noun
Root: κτίζω (ktizo) G2936 — to create, build, found
Occurrences: 19 in NT
First Occurrence: Mark 10:6 — "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female."
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

Original formation — properly the act of creating; by implication, the thing created (creature). From G2936 ktizo.

Louw-Nida Semantic Domain¶

Domain 42.003: Make, Create — the act of bringing something into existence
Domain 1.001: Universe, Creation — the created order as a whole
Domain 37.003: Exercise Authority — creation as an expression of divine sovereign power
Other words in Make/Create subdomain: κτίζω (ktizo G2936), κτίσμα (ktisma G2938), κτίστης (ktistes G2939), καταβολή (katabole G2602), ποιέω (poieo G4160), ποίημα (poiema G4161), πλάσσω (plasso G4111), καταρτίζω (katartizo G2675)

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
creature	10	52.6%
of the creation	3	15.8%
creation	2	10.5%
any creature	1	5.3%
building	1	5.3%
ordinance	1	5.3%
the creation	1	5.3%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Romans	7	1.6
Mark	3	0.4
Colossians	2	2.1
Hebrews	2	0.7
2 Corinthians	1	0.4
Galatians	1	0.7
1 Peter	1	1.0
2 Peter	1	1.6
Revelation	1	0.2

Romans contains 37% of all occurrences, with the sustained passage Rom 8:19–22 accounting for four uses. Colossians has the highest density at 2.1 per 100 verses. The word is exclusively Pauline and Markan (plus one each in 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Revelation); it is absent from John, Matthew, Luke, and Acts.

Semantic Categories¶

1. The Created Order / Physical Creation¶

Refers to the totality of created things — the universe as God's work. - Mark 10:6 — "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female." - Mark 13:19 — "affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created" - Rom 1:20 — "the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen" - 2 Pet 3:4 — "all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation"

2. The Creation Groaning Under Futility¶

The personified creation subject to the fall, longing for restoration. - Rom 8:19 — "the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God" - Rom 8:20 — "the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly" - Rom 8:21 — "the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption" - Rom 8:22 — "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now"

3. New Creation in Christ¶

A transformed spiritual state — the individual believer made new. - 2 Cor 5:17 — "if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away" - Gal 6:15 — "neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature"

4. Every Creature / Universal Scope¶

The entirety of created beings — used with πᾶς (pas, "every/all") for totality. - Mark 16:15 — "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" - Col 1:23 — "the gospel, which was preached to every creature which is under heaven" - Col 1:15 — "the firstborn of every creature" - Rom 8:39 — "nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God"

5. Individual Creature Before God¶

A specific created being in relation to the Creator. - Rom 1:25 — "worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator" - Heb 4:13 — "Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight"

6. Institution / Ordinance (Extended Sense)¶

An established arrangement or institution — the act of founding applied to human structures. - 1 Pet 2:13 — "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake"

7. Christological Title¶

Christ as the origin-point of creation. - Rev 3:14 — "the beginning of the creation of God"

Morphological Distribution¶

Case	Count	Typical Pattern
Genitive (κτίσεως)	8	"beginning of the creation," "firstborn of every creature," partitive
Nominative (κτίσις)	7	Subject — "the creature waiteth," "new creature," "the creature groaneth"
Dative (κτίσει)	4	"to every creature" (gospel proclamation), "ordinance of man"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
θεός (theos)	G2316	8x (42%)	"creation of God," "God made them," Creator–creation framework
πᾶς (pas)	G3956	8x (42%)	"every creature," "the whole creation," universal scope
ἀρχή (arche)	G746	4x (21%)	"beginning of the creation" — temporal origin formula
Χριστός (Christos)	G5547	4x (21%)	"in Christ... new creature," Christological creation
καινός (kainos)	G2537	2x (11%)	"new creature" — new creation in Christ
κτίζω (ktizo)	G2936	2x (11%)	Cognate verb alongside noun — "creation which God created"
κόσμος (kosmos)	G2889	2x (11%)	"creation of the world" — cosmological scope
εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)	G2098	2x (11%)	Gospel preached to "every creature"
ἐλπίς (elpis)	G1680	2x (11%)	Creation's hope for deliverance from bondage
ὑποτάσσω (hupotasso)	G5293	2x (11%)	Creature "subjected" to vanity / "submit" to ordinance

Word Family / Cognates¶

G2936 κτίζω (ktizo) — root verb: to create, build, found (14 occurrences)
G2938 κτίσμα (ktisma) — that which is created, a product of creation (4 occurrences)
G2939 κτίστης (ktistes) — Creator, founder (1 occurrence — 1 Pet 4:19)

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh)	H5315	"creature" (8v)	nephesh = living being/breathing creature; ktisis = the act or product of divine creation as a whole
κτίσμα (ktisma)	G2938	"creature" (2v)	ktisma = the concrete product/thing created; ktisis = the act of creating OR the created order collectively

Louw-Nida Domain Neighbors (42.003 — Make, Create)¶

Strong's	Lemma	Total Verses	Primary KJV Translation(s)
G2936	κτίζω	12	create, created
G2938	κτίσμα	4	creature
G2939	κτίστης	1	Creator
G2602	καταβολή	11	foundation
G4160	ποιέω	518	do, make
G4161	ποίημα	2	workmanship, thing that is made
G4111	πλάσσω	2	formed

Hebrew Source¶

No Hebrew sources found via LXX mapping. This is expected: ktisis is a distinctively NT-era noun. The related verb G2936 ktizo renders H1254 bara ("create") in the LXX (e.g., Deut 4:32, Ps 51:10, Eccl 12:1), but the noun ktisis itself does not have a direct Hebrew equivalent tracked in the alignment data.