κτίσις

κτίσις, -εως, ἡ

(κτίζω), [in LXX: Sl 104,24 (קִנְיָן), Ord 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: Mark 10,6 (Swete, in l), Mark 13,19, Rom 1,20, 2 Pet 3,4;

(b) that which has been created, creation: Rom 1,25; 8,39, Hebr 4,13; καινὴ κ., 2 Kor 5,17, Gal 6,15; πάσῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κ. (Hort., in l), 1 Pet 2,13 collectively, of the sum of created things (Wis 19,6, Jdt 16,14), Mark 16,15, Kol 1,15, 23 Hebr 9,11, Åb 3,14; of the irrational creation, Rom 8,19-22,†