κτίσ-μα G2938
Created thing, creature; anything brought into being by a creator, especially by God.
A noun derived from κτίζω ('to create, found'), denoting the product of creation. While classical usage could mean 'colony' or 'foundation,' the NT employs it exclusively for God's created beings. Paul declares that every κτίσμα of God is good (1 Tim 4:4), James calls believers a kind of firstfruits among God's creatures (Jas 1:18), and Revelation envisions every κτίσμα in heaven, earth, and sea praising the Lamb (Rev 5:13). The multilingual consensus—Spanish criatura, French créature, German Geschöpf—unanimously points to 'creature' in the theological sense of something God has made.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Created thing, creature made by God. Refers to any entity that owes its existence to divine creative activity. In 1 Tim 4:4 Paul affirms the goodness of every κτίσμα, countering ascetic prohibitions on food. Jas 1:18 applies it to believers as a 'firstfruits' of God's creatures, elevating the word to include redeemed humanity. Rev 5:13 and 8:9 use it for the totality of living creation—every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, and in the sea. The consistent rendering as criatura/créature/Geschöpf across languages confirms a single theological sense: the product of God's creative act. 4×
AR["المَخْلُوقَاتِ", "خَليقَةٍ", "مَخلوقاتِهِ", "مَخْلوقٍ"]·ben["সৃষ্টি", "সৃষ্টিগুলির", "সৃষ্টির"]·DE["Geschoepf"]·EN["creature", "creatures"]·FR["créature"]·heb["בְּרִיּוֹת", "בְּרִיּוֹתָיו", "בְּרִיאַת-אֱלֹהִים", "בְּרִיאָה"]·HI["जीव", "सृष्टि-के", "सृष्टियों", "स्रिशति"]·ID["ciptaan", "ciptaan-ciptaan,", "makhluk", "makhluk-makhluk"]·IT["ktisma", "ktismatōn"]·jav["titah", "titah,"]·KO["생물들-의", "피조물-이", "피조물들의,", "피조물이"]·PT["criatura", "criaturas"]·RU["созданий,", "творение", "творений"]·ES["criatura", "criaturas"]·SW["kiumbe", "viumbe"]·TR["yaratık", "yaratıkların", "yaratıklarının", "yaratığı"]·urd["مخلوق", "مخلوقات-کی", "مخلوقات٬"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κτίσ-μα, ατος, τό, colony, foundation, Refs 1st c.BC+; also, of a temple, Refs 1st c.AD+: generally, building, Refs 4th c.AD+ __2 ={κτίσις}LXX+NT __II ={κτίσις}Refs