κτίσις

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creation

κτίσις , -εως, ἡ (κτίζω), [in LXX: Psa.104:24 (קִנְיָן), Pro.1:13 A (הוֹן), Tob.8:5 , Wis.2:6 , Sir.16:17 , 3Ma.2:2 , al. ;] __1. a founding, settling, foundation (cl.). __2. In LXX and NT, __(a) the act of creating, creation : Mrk.10:6 (Swete, in l), Mrk.13:19 , Rom.1:20 , 2Pe.3:4 ; __(b) that which has been created, creation : Rom.1:25 8:39 , Heb.4:13 ; καινὴ κ., 2Co.5:17 , Gal.6:15 ; πάσῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κ. (Hort., in l), 1Pe.2:13; collectively, of the sum of created things ( Wis.19:6 , Jdth.16:14 ), Mrk.16:15 , Col.1:15, 23 Heb.9:11 , Rev.3:14 ; of the irrational creation, Rom.8:19-22. † (AS)