κτίζω,
[in LXX chiefly for בּרא, Ps 50 (51):10, al.; also for קנה, Ge 14:19, Pr 8:22; יצר, Is 22:1146:11, Wi 2:23, Si 1:4, 9 (and freq.), I Es 4:53, a1.;]
1. in cl., to people or found a region or city (I Es 4:53).
2. In LXX and NT, of God, to create: Mk 13:19, I Co 11:9, Col 1:163:10, Eph 3:9, I Ti 4:3, Re 4:1110:6; ὁ κτίσας, Mt 19:4 (WH, R, mg.), Ro 1:25; of the divine operation on the soul, Eph 2:10, 154:24 (cf. Ps 51:10).†