κτίζω

κτίζω — ktízō

κτίζω: 1 aorist ἔκτισα; perfect passive ἐκτισμαι; 1 aorist passive ἐκτίσθην; the Sept. chiefly for בָּרָא; properly, to make habitable, to people, a place, region, island (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Diodorus, others); hence to found, a city, colony, state, etc. (Pindar and following; 1Es 4:53). In the Bible, to create: of God creating the world, man, etc., Mar 13:19; 1Co 11:9; Col 1:16 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 272 (255));; Eph 3:9; 1Ti 4:3; Rev 4:11; Rev 10:6 (Deu 4:32; Ecc 12:1; often in O. T. Apocrypha, as Jdt 13:18; Wis 2:23 Wis 11:18; 3Ma 2:9; (Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 1; Philo de decal. § 20)); absolutely, ὁ κτίσας, the creator, Rom 1:25; (Mat 19:4 Tr WH); equivalent to to form, shape, i. e. (for substance) completely to change, to transform (of the moral or new creation of the soul, as it is called), κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπί ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, in intimate fellowship with Christ constituted to do good works (see ἐπί, B. 2 a. ζ.), Eph 2:10; τούς δύο εἰς ἕνα καινόν ἐνθρωπον, ibid. 15; τόν κτισθέντα κατά Θεόν, formed after God's likeness (see κατά, II. 3 c. δ.), Eph 4:24 (καρδίαν καθαράν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, Psa 50:12 ).