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Strong's #2939 - κτίστης
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- a founder
- a creator
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κτίσ-της, ου, ὁ,
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1. founder, Arist. Fr. 484, OGI 111.9 (Egypt, ii B.C.), Luc. Macr. 13; of Apollo as founder of Cyrene, Berl.Sitzb. 1903.85: pl., Call. Aet.Oxy. 2080.64; ὁ τῆς στοᾶς κ., i.e. Zeno, Ath. 8.345c, D.L. 2.120: metaph., ἰατρικῆς κ. IG 14.1759.
2. builder, POxy. 2144.8 (iii A.D.).
II restorer, τῆς πατρίδος Plu. Cic. 22.
III Creator, ὁ κ. ἁπάντων LXX Si. 24.8, al.
κτίστης (on the accent, cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 h. (cf. 94 (89); especially Chandler §§ 35, 36)), κτιστου, ὁ (κτίζω), a founder; a creator (Aristotle, Plutarch, others): of God, 1 Peter 4:19 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 122 (116)); (Judith 9:12; Sir. 24:8; 2 Macc. 1:24, etc.).
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κτίστης , -oυ , ὁ
(< κτίζω ),
[in LXX: 2 Samuel 22:32 (Heb., al.), Judith 9:12, Sirach 24:8; Sirach 24:2; *;]
1. (cl.) a founder.
2. a creator: of God, 1 Peter 4:19.†
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This NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (1 Peter 4:19—of God) is applied quinquies to the prytanis of Oxyrhynchus as κτίστης τῆς πόλεως in the account of a popular demonstration made in his honour—P Oxy I. 41.6 al. (iii/iv A.D.). The same title is given to Domitian in Priene 229.4, and similarly to Trajan (CIG II. 2572 τῷ τῆς οἰκουμένης κτίστῃ) : cf. Magie p. 68, and see CR i. p. 7. Other exx. of the word, which is not found in Attic writers, are the magic P Lond 46.237 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 72) where the invoker assumes the name of the god Thoth—ἐγώ εἰμι θωὺθ φαρμάκων καὶ γραμμάτων εὑρέτης καὶ κτίστης, and ib, 121.963 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 114) δεῦρό μοι ὁ ἐν τῷ στερεῷ πνεύματι ἀόρατος παντοκράτωρ κτίστης τῶν θεῶν. A subst. (or verbal adj.) κτιστόν is found in one of the Gemellus letters, P Fay 117.23 (A.D. 108) ὢ ̣ ἔγραφος μυ (l. ὃ ἔγραφές μοι) μὴ ἡσυχάσαι τ ̣ῷ κτιστῷ περιτὸν (l. —ιττὸν) γέγ ̣ρ ̣α ̣π ̣τ ̣α ̣[ι, ";what you write to me about not neglecting the building you have said more than enough"; (Edd.). On a κοινὸν τῶν κτιστῶν (";soldiers";), see Archiv i. p. 208.
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