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Strong's G2936 κτίζω (ktizo)

Ktizo means “fabricate” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2936 — tanaph (“defile”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2936
Language Greek
Linked Usages 80
Books 29

Strong's G2936 Quick Answer

Strong's G2936 κτίζω (ktizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ktizo (ktid'-zo) v. 1. to fabricate, i.e. found (form originally) [probably akin to G2932 (through the idea of proprietorship of the manufacturer)] It has 80 linked Bible usages across 29 books. Visible English usage signals include created, lord, god, things, and earth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ktizo (ktid'-zo) v. 1. to fabricate, i.e. found (form originally) [probably akin to G2932 (through the idea of proprietorship of the manufacturer)]
Usage
80 linked usages
Books
29 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
created, lord, god, things, and earth

Meaning and Definition

ktizo (ktid'-zo) v. 1. to fabricate, i.e. found (form originally) [probably akin to G2932 (through the idea of proprietorship of the manufacturer)] KJV: create, Creator, make See also: G2932

Original Word
κτίζω
Transliteration
ktizo
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2936. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to create

Usage: κτίζω [in LXX chiefly for בָּרָא, Psa.51:10, al.; also for קָנָה, Gen.14:19, Pro.8:22; יָצַר, Isa.22:11 46:11; Wis.2:23, Sir.1:4, 9 (and freq.), I Est.4:53, a1. ;] __1. in cl., to people or found a region or city (1Es, l.with). __2. In LXX and NT, of God, to create: Mrk.13:19, 1Co.11:9, Col.1:16 3:10 Eph.3:9, 1Ti.4:3, Rev.4:11 10:6; ὁ κτίσας, Mat.19:4 (WH, R, mg.), Rom.1:25; of the divine operation on the soul, Eph.2:10, 15 4:24 (cf. Ps., l.with).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

created lord god things earth thee made man heaven out great upon

How Strong's G2936 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha with 35 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2936 (κτίζω) appears 69 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2936 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2936 in the New Testament

12 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 13:19 KJV

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.

Romans 1:25 KJV

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.

1 Corinthians 11:9 KJV

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

Strong's G2936 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

27 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 14:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,

Genesis 14:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,

Exodus 9:18 Septuagint / Brenton

Behold, tomorrow at this hour I will rain a very great hail, such as has not been in Egypt, from the time it was created until this day.

Strong's G2936 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

35 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 4:53 Septuagint / Brenton

and that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.

1 Esdras 6:12 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.

Judith 13:18 Septuagint / Brenton

Then said Uzziah unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.

Strong's G2936 in 1 Enoch

6 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 14:3 Septuagint / Brenton

converse therewith and understand with the heart. As He has created and given to man the power of understanding the word of wisdom, so hath He created me also and given me the power of reprimanding

1 Enoch 22:10 Septuagint / Brenton

water. And such has been made for sinners when they die and are buried in the earth and judgement has not been executed on them in their

1 Enoch 22:13 Septuagint / Brenton

of the sinners. Such has been made for the spirits of men who were not righteous but sinners, who were complete in transgression, and of the transgressors they shall be companions: but their spirits shall not be slain in the day of judgement nor shall they be raised from thence.'

Usage Excerpts

First 80 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2936.

Genesis 14:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,
Genesis 14:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,
Exodus 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, tomorrow at this hour I will rain a very great hail, such as has not been in Egypt, from the time it was created until this day.
Leviticus 16:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall make atonement for the sanctuary on account of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and for their trespasses in the matter of all their sins; and thus shall he do to the tabernacle of witness established among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Deuteronomy 4:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ask of the former days which were before thee, from the day when God created man upon the earth, and beginning at the one end of heaven to the other end of heaven, if there has happened anything like to this great event, if such a thing has been heard:
Deuteronomy 32:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Do ye thus recompense the Lord? Is the people thus foolish and unwise? Did not he himself thy father purchase thee, And make thee, and form thee?
Psalms 32:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.
Psalms 50:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit in my inward parts.
Psalms 88:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast created the north and the west: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Psalms 88:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember what my being is: For hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?
Psalms 101:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let this be written for another generation; And the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.
Psalms 103:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created; And thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Psalms 148:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them praise the name of the Lord: For he spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.
Proverbs 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And remember thy Creator In the days of thy youth, Before the days of evil come, And the years overtake thee in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
Isaiah 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.
Isaiah 45:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am he that prepared light, and formed darkness; who make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord God, that does all these things.
Isaiah 45:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the heaven rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain righteousness: let the earth bring forth, and blossom with mercy, and bring forth righteousness likewise: I am the Lord that created thee.
Isaiah 46:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned: I have spoken, and brought him; I have created and made him; I have brought him, and prospered his way.
Isaiah 54:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have created thee, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and bringing out a vessel fit for work; but I have created thee, not for ruin, that I should destroy thee.
Jeremiah 38:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How long, O disgraced daughter, wilt thou turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety.
Ezekiel 28:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.
Ezekiel 28:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wast faultless in thy days, from the day that thou wast created, until iniquity was found in thee.
Hosea 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I am the Lord thy God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I showed them not to thee that thou shouldest go after them: and I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me; and there is no Savior beside me.
Amos 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness, and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his name.
Haggai 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the glory of this house shall be great, the latter more than the former, saith the Lord Almighty: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord Almighty, even peace of soul for a possession to everyone that builds, to raise up this temple.
Malachi 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Have ye not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have ye forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers?
Mark 13:19 New Testament, KJV
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.
Romans 1:25 New Testament, KJV
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.
1 Corinthians 11:9 New Testament, KJV
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
Ephesians 2:10 New Testament, KJV
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:15 New Testament, KJV
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;
Ephesians 3:9 New Testament, KJV
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:
Ephesians 4:24 New Testament, KJV
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Colossians 1:16 New Testament, KJV
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:
Colossians 3:10 New Testament, KJV
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
1 Timothy 4:3 New Testament, KJV
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.
Revelation 4:11 New Testament, KJV
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation 10:6 New Testament, KJV
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
1 Esdras 4:53 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.
1 Esdras 6:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.
Judith 13:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said Uzziah unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.
3 Maccabees 2:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It is thou, the Creator of all, the Lord of the universe, who art a righteous Governor, and judgest all who act with pride and insolence.
3 Maccabees 2:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou, O King, when thou createdst the illimitable and measureless earth, didst choose out this city: thou didst make this place sacred to thy name, albeit thou needest nothing: thou didst glorify it with thy illustrious presence, after constructing it to the glory of thy great and honorable name.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he created all things, that they might have their being: And the generations of the world were healthful; And there is no poison of destruction in them, Nor the kingdom of death upon the earth
Wisdom of Solomon 2:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For God created man to be immortal, And made him to be an image of his own eternity.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
She preserved the first formed father of the world, That was created alone, And brought him out of his fall,
Wisdom of Solomon 11:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For thy Almighty hand, That made the world of matter without form, Wanted not means to send among them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions,
Wisdom of Solomon 13:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; Let them know how much better the Lord of them is: For the first author of beauty hath created them.
Wisdom of Sirach 1:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
Wisdom of Sirach 1:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And poured her out upon all his works.
Wisdom of Sirach 7:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Hate not laborious work, Neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Pride was not made for men, Nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.
Wisdom of Sirach 17:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord created man of the earth, And turned him into it again.
Wisdom of Sirach 18:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that liveth forever created all things in general.
Wisdom of Sirach 23:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He knew all things ere ever they were created; So also after they were perfected he looked upon them all.
Wisdom of Sirach 24:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, And he that made me caused my tabernacle to rest, And said, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, And thine inheritance in Israel.
Wisdom of Sirach 24:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He created me from the beginning before the world, And I shall never fail.
Wisdom of Sirach 31:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; For their hope is in him that saveth them.
Wisdom of Sirach 33:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, That say, There is none other but we.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Honor a physician with the honor due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: For the Lord hath created him.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; And he that is wise will not abhor them.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: Let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A man need not to say, What is this? wherefore is that? For he hath made all things for their uses.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the good are good things created from the beginning: So evil things for sinners.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There be spirits that are created for vengeance, Which in their fury lay on sore strokes; In the time of destruction they pour out their force, And appease the wrath of him that made them.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Fire, and hail, and famine, and death, All these were created for vengeance;
Wisdom of Sirach 40:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Great travail is created for every man, And a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, From the day that they go out of their mother’s womb, Till the day that they return to the mother of all things.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
These things are created for the wicked, And through them came the flood.
Wisdom of Sirach 44:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord hath wrought great glory by them Through his great power from the beginning.
Wisdom of Sirach 49:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But upon the earth was no man created like Enoch; For he was taken from the earth.
Daniel 1:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king’s table, and from the wine which he drank; and gave orders to nourish them three years, and that afterward they should stand before the king.
Book 152 1:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
1 Enoch 14:3 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
converse therewith and understand with the heart. As He has created and given to man the power of understanding the word of wisdom, so hath He created me also and given me the power of reprimanding
1 Enoch 22:10 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
water. And such has been made for sinners when they die and are buried in the earth and judgement has not been executed on them in their
1 Enoch 22:13 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
of the sinners. Such has been made for the spirits of men who were not righteous but sinners, who were complete in transgression, and of the transgressors they shall be companions: but their spirits shall not be slain in the day of judgement nor shall they be raised from thence.'
1 Enoch 25:7 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Then blessed I the God of Glory, the Eternal King, who hath prepared such things for the righteous, and hath created them and promised to give to them.
1 Enoch 98:3 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore they shall be wanting in doctrine and wisdom, And they shall perish thereby together with their possessions; And with all their glory and their splendour, And in shame and in slaughter and in great destitution, Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace of fire.
1 Enoch 98:5 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And barrenness has not been given to the woman, But on account of the deeds of her own hands she dies without children.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2936, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 4 usages, New Testament
Colossians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 23 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 6 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2936 FAQ

What does ktizo (κτίζω) mean?

Ktizo (Strong's G2936) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fabricate". ktizo (ktid'-zo) v. 1. to fabricate, i.e. found (form originally) [probably akin to G2932 (through the idea of proprietorship of the manufacturer)]

How many times is ktizo (κτίζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 80 linked usages for Strong's G2936 across 29 books.

Where can I study ktizo (κτίζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2936 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ktizo (κτίζω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as created, lord, god, things, earth, and thee. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2936 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 27 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 35 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 6 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2936, with linked reader references where each row is available.