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κτίστης

ktístēs · G2939 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. creator

    (Derivative of κτίζω ‘to create,’) One who creates

    Examples

    1 Peter 4:19 Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God are to entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right.

How it’s used In 2 roles

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the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words
בָּרָא bârâʼ · H1254 · to create, to create (an event), to cause to happen
The Hebrew verb used specifically of divine creation (e.g., Gen 1:1, 'In the beginning God created'); κτίστης is the nominal form 'creator' while בָּרָא is the verbal action, but they are direct translation equivalents in the semantic domain of divine creation
יָצַר yâtsar · H3335 · to form, to fashion, to frame
Hebrew participle/noun meaning 'potter' or 'one who forms,' used of God as the one who fashions/forms creation (e.g., Isa 45:9, 'the potter'; Isa 45:18, 'God himself who formed the earth'); direct nominal parallel to κτίστης as 'creator/former'
Semantic domains 1 entry
Creator42.40
κτίστης names the Creator, God as the one who made all things. 1 Peter 4:19 instructs, “those also who suffer according to the will of God are to entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right,” the κτίστῃ naming God as this faithful Creator entrusted with believers' souls.
Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κτίζω ktízō · G2936 · to create · 15×κτίσις ktísis · G2937 · creation, creature, what has been created · 19×κτίσμα ktísma · G2938 · creation, creature, what has been created · 4×κτίστηςktístēs · G2939
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (on the accent, cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 h. (cf. 94 (89); especially Chandler §§ 35,…
(on the accent, cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 h. (cf. 94 (89); especially Chandler §§ 35, 36)), κτιστου, ὁ (κτίζω), a founder; a creator (Aristotle, Plutarch, others): of God, 1 Pet 4:19 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 122 (116)); (Judith 9:12; Sir. 24:8; 2 Macc. 1:24, etc.).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Make, Create1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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