"pr. to reduce from a state of disorder and wildness; in NT to call into being, to create, Mk. 13:19; to call into individual existence, to frame, Eph. 2:15; to create spiritually, to invest with a spiritual frame, Eph. 2:10; 4:24"
Definition and meaning
pr. to reduce from a state of disorder and wildness; in NT to call into being, to create, Mk. 13:19; to call into individual existence, to frame, Eph. 2:15; to create spiritually, to invest with a spiritual frame, Eph. 2:10; 4:24
In the original Greek the word is written: κτίζω
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of ktizo (G2936) across the King James Bible.
For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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Common questions
Strong's G2936 (ktizo) is a Greek word that means: pr. to reduce from a state of disorder and wildness; in NT to call into being, to create, Mk. 13:19; to call into individual existence, to frame, Eph. 2:15; to create spiritually, to invest with a spi... It appears 12 times in the King James Bible.
The word ktizo (G2936) appears 12 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2936 is ktizo, a Greek word defined as: pr. to reduce from a state of disorder and wildness; in NT to call into being, to create, Mk. 13:19; to call into individual existence, to frame, Eph.. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
ktizo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.