εως (ἡ) [ῐσ]
   I act. :
      1 fondation (de colonies, de villes) ISOCR. 272 e ; au plur. POL. 9, 1, 4, etc. ; PLUT. M. 435 d ;
      2 création : τοῦ κόσμου, NT. Rom. 1, 20, création du monde ;
      3 fig. entreprise, d’où action, PD. O. 13, 83 ;
   II pass. ce qui est créé, d’où :
      1 la création, l’univers, le monde, NT. Marc. 10, 6 ; 13, 19, etc. ;
      2 chose créée, créature, SPT. Judith 9, 12 ; Ps. 73, 18, etc. ; NT. Rom. 1, 25 ; 8, 38, etc. ; Col. 1, 15 ; au pl. SPT. Tob. 8, 5 ;
      3 autorité instituée, NT. 1Petr. 2, 13.

Étym. κτίζω.

εως, ἡ, (< κτίζω) founding, settling, Th. 6.5; ἀποικιῶν Isoc. 12.190, cf. Plb. 9.1.4 (pl.), etc. loosely, = πρᾶξις, κούφα κ. an easy achievement, Pi. O. 13.83.
creation, κ. κόσμου Ep. Rom. 1.20; ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως Ev. Marc. 10.6, 13.19, etc.
created thing, creature, LXX Ju. 9.12, Ev. Marc. 16.15, Ep. Rom. 8.19, etc. ; in pl., LXX To. 8.5.
authority created or ordained, 1 Ep. Pet. 2.13.

ἡ, Anbauung, Ansiedlung, Gründung, bes. πόλεων, Pol. 10.24.3 ; ὁ περὶ τὰς ἀποικίας καὶ κτίσεις καὶ συγγενείας τρόπος τῆς ἱστορίας 9.1.4, öfter ; ὁ περὶ τὴν κτίσιν τῶν ἀποικιῶν πόλεμος Isocr. 12.190 ; Strab. oft. – Das Schaffen, τοῦ κόσμου, NT ; übh. Bewerkstelligen, Machen, Sp.; das Unternehmen, Pind. Ol. 13.83.

κτίσις, -εως, ἡ
(< κτίζω), [in LXX: Psa.104:24 (קִנְיָן), Pro.1:13 A (הוֹן), Tob.8:5, Wis.2:6, Sir.16:17, 3Ma.2:2, al. ;]
__1. a founding, settling, foundation (cl.).
__2. In LXX and NT,
__(a) the act of creating, creation: Mrk.10:6 (Swete, in l), Mrk.13:19, Rom.1:20, 2Pe.3:4;
__(b) that which has been created, creation: Rom.1:25 8:39, Heb.4:13; καινὴ κ., 2Co.5:17, Gal.6:15; πάσῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κ. (Hort., in l), 1Pe.2:13; collectively, of the sum of created things (Wis.19:6, Jdth.16:14), Mrk.16:15, Col.1:15, 23 Heb.9:11, Rev.3:14; of the irrational creation, Rom.8:19-22.†
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