κτίσις, -εως, ἡ
(< κτίζω), [in LXX: Ps 103 (104):24 (קִנְיָן), Pr 1:13 A (הוֹן), To 8:5, Wi 2:6, Si 16:17, III Mac 2:2, al.;]
1. a founding, settling, foundation (cl.).
2. In LXX and NT,
(a) the act of creating, creation: Mk 10:6 (Swete, in l.), Mk 13:19, Ro 1:20, II Pe 3:4;
(b) that which has been created, creation: Ro 1:258:39, He 4:13; καινὴ κ., II Co 5:17, Ga 6:15; πάσῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κ. (Hort., in l.), I Pe 2:13; collectively, of the sum of created things (Wi 19:6, Jth 16:14), Mk 16:[15], Col 1:15, 23, He 9:11, Re 3:14; of the irrational creation, Ro 8:19-22.†