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. (
AS)