noun · masculine
ktistos
Greekκτίστης (ktistēs)
Strong’sG2939
a founder, creator, God
stem ktist-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κτίστης, -ου, ὁ
(< κτίζω), [in LXX: II Ki 22:32 (Heb., al.), Jth 9:12, Si 24:8, II, IV Mac5*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2939 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidktis-tace'
a founder, i.e. God (as author of all things)
Fromfrom G2936;
King JamesCreator.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ktistos | ktistois |
| object accusative | ktiston | ktistoin |
| direct address vocative | ktistor | ktistoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | ktistou | ktistoiu |
| to, for dative | ktisto1×κτίστῃ | ktistoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ktisto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ktisto“creator”to, fordative singular1×
1 Peter 4:19“creator”hōste kai tois pascharōtois kata tem thelēmem tou theou pisto ktisto paratithelōr tain psuchain autoiu en agathopoia.So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.