🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G2936
G2936

κτίζω

ktízō [ktid'-zo] Verb
Core meaningto create

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G2936

to fabricate, i.e. found (form originally)

KJV usage: :--create, Creator, make.
Etymology: probably akin to (through the idea of proprietorship of the manufacturer);
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

pr. to reduce from a state of disorder and wildness; in NT to call into being, to create, Mk. 13:19; to call into individual existence, to frame, Eph. 2:15; to create spiritually, to invest with a spiritual frame, Eph. 2:10; 4:24

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