Ktisma means “creature” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2938 — taam (“perceive”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2938 κτίσμα (ktisma) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ktisma (ktis'-mah) n. 1. an original formation (concretely), i.e. product (created thing) [from G2936] It has 10 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include creature. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
ktisma (ktis'-mah) n. 1. an original formation (concretely), i.e. product (created thing) [from G2936] KJV: creature Root(s): G2936
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2938. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
creature
Usage: κτίσμα, -τος, τό (κτίζω), [in LXX: Wis.9:2 13:5 14:11, Sir.36:20 (17), Sir.38:34, 3Ma.5:11 * ;] __1. (cl.) a colony. __2. a created thing, creature: 1Ti.4:4, Jas.1:18, Rev.5:13 8:9.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ktisma, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha and New Testament. 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.
Strong's G2938 (κτίσμα) appears 6 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
He, however, who has sent his good creature sleep from all time, by night or by day thus gratifying whom he wills, diffused a portion thereof now upon the king.
And ordained man through thy wisdom, That he should have dominion over the creatures which thou hast made,
For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures Proportionably the maker of them is seen.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2938.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
He, however, who has sent his good creature sleep from all time, by night or by day thus gratifying whom he wills, diffused a portion thereof now upon the king.
And ordained man through thy wisdom, That he should have dominion over the creatures which thou hast made,
For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures Proportionably the maker of them is seen.
Therefore even upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a visitation: Because in the creature of God they are become an abomination, And stumbling blocks to the souls of men, And a snare to the feet of the unwise.
Good is set against evil, and life against death: So is the godly against the sinner, And the sinner against the godly.
But they will maintain the state of the world, And all their desire is in the work of their craft. But he that giveth his mind to the law of the most High, And is occupied in the meditation thereof,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2938, grouped by book.
Ktisma (Strong's G2938) is a Greek word most simply glossed "creature". ktisma (ktis'-mah) n. 1. an original formation (concretely), i.e. product (created thing) [from G2936]
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G2938 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2938 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as creature. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2938, with linked reader references where each row is available.