[B-Greek] Ktizo

Louis Sorenson llsorenson at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 26 22:07:35 EDT 2011





>Hello, can you give me some background on how the Greeks used the word ktizo.
>Thank you, Bob MullerAnd here are the entries from Lust (a LXX lexicon) and BDAG

Louis Sorenson

Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature.

κτίζω (s. three next entries) 1 aor. ἔκτισα; pf. inf. ἐκτικέναι (Just., D. 41, 1). Pass.: fut. κτισθήσομαι LXX; 1 aor. ἐκτίσθην; pf. ἔκτισμαι (Hom.+) to bring someth. into existence, create, in our lit. of God’s creative activity (LXX, pseudepigr.; Eupolem. Hist. [II b.c.]: 723 Fgm. 2, 31 Jac. [in Eus., PE 9, 31]; Philo, Decal. 97; Jos., Bell. 3, 369; 379, Ant. 1, 27; Just.; SibOr 3, 20; IDefixWünsch 4, 1; PGM 5, 98ff) τὶ someth. 1 Ti 4:3. κτίσιν Mk 13:19. τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ the heaven and what is in it Rv 10:6. δημιουργὸν … ᾧ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἔκτισεν through whom (God) created the heavens Dg 7:2 (on the dat. s. Kühner-G. §425, 7; cp. Menand., Dyscolus 156). τὰ πάντα (Herm. Wr. 13, 17) 4:11a; D 10:3; cp. Rv 4:11b. ὁ θεὸς ὁ τὰ πάντα κτίσας Eph 3:9; Hm 1:1; cp. Hs 5, 5, 2. Pass. Col 1:16ab (cp. ἐν 4a). ὁ θεὸς κτίσας ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος τὰ ὄντα what is from what is not Hv 1, 1, 6 (cp. Iren. 4, 38, 3 [Harv. II 295, 9]). τὸν κόσμον Hv 1, 3, 4. τὸν κόσμον ἕνεκα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου m 12, 4, 2. τὰ ἔθνη Hs 4:4. τὸν λαόν Hs 5, 6, 2. τὴν οἰκουμένην 1 Cl 60:1 (cp. Ps 88:12). Pass. ἐκτίσθη ἀνήρ 1 Cor 11:9. τῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κτισθέντων … καλῶς κτισθέντα Dg 4:2. στοιχείων … ἐκτισμένων 8:2. Of the Christian community imaged as transcending time πάντων πρώτη ἐκτίσθη Hv 2, 4, 1; πρὸ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης ἐκτισμένης 2 Cl 14:1 (cp. Ps 71:5). Of the angels οἱ πρῶτοι κτισθέντες v 3, 4, 1; Hs 5, 5, 3. Abs. ὁ κτίσας the Creator (Jos., Bell. 3, 354) Ro 1:25; Mt 19:4 (v.l. ποιήσας). ὁ τὰ πάντα κτίσας the Creator of the universe Hs 7:4 (PGM 13, 62 τὸν πάντα κτίσαντα; 983).—Also of the Spirit τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ κτίσαν πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν Hs 5, 6, 5.—Of the divine creative activity w. regard to the inner life: of pers. who were κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς created (by God) in Christ Jesus for good deeds Eph 2:10. In ref. to Gen 1:26f: ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ ἐν αὐτῷ εἰς ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον in order that he (Christ) might make them both (Israelites and non-Israelites) one new being (or humanity) in him vs. 15; τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν κατὰ θεὸν κτισθέντα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ the new being, created in the likeness of God in righteousness 4:24. Corresp. τὸν νέον (ἄνθρωπον) τὸν ἀνακαινούμενον εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν κατʼ εἰκόνα τοῦ κτίσαντος αὐτόν the new being, renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator Col 3:10. ἐγενόμεθα καινοί, πάλιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς κτιζόμενοι we became new, created again from the beginning B 16:8. καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί 1 Cl 18:10 (Ps 50:12). τῷ θεῷ τῷ κτίσαντι ἡμᾶς 2 Cl 15:2. Fig. ὁ … κτίσας τὸ δένδρον τοῦτο Hs 8, 2, 9 (cp. 8, 3, 2). S. on ἐκλογή, end, and Tischendorf under γίνομαι 2a.—PKatz, The mng. of the root קנה: JJS 5, ’54, 126–31.—DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

Lust, J., Eynikel, E., & Hauspie, K. (2003). A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint : Revised Edition. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart.

κτίζω+     V 6-0-14-10-38=68
Gn 14,19.22; Ex 9,18; Lv 16,16; Dt 4,32
to found, to build (a city) [τι] 1 Ezr 4,53; to found, to establish [τι] Lv 16,16; to make, to create [τι] Gn 14,19; id. [τινα] Dt 4,32; to create sb as [τινά τι] Prv 8,22; to perpetrate [τι] Is 45,7
Cf. Barr 1961, 224; Dogniez 1992 143.324; Harl 1986a, 52.161; Walters 1973 220-224. 339; Wevers 1993, 198; →NIDNTT; TWNT
(→συγ-)

+ Used in the New Testament
V V = verb
6 Word occurrences in the Torah
0 Word occurrences in the Early Prophets (including 1 and 2 Chronicles)
14 Word occurrences in the Later Prophets
10 Word occurrences in the Writings (excluding 1 and 2 Chronicles)
38 Word occurrences in the books which do not occur in the Hebrew Bible
68 Total word occurrences




 		 	   		  


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