Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 1:15 · retained source text
Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first borne of euery creature.
KJV dictionary & concordance
creature
Meaning of “creature”
Sense 1: A being or thing made or created. Sense 2: Created beings or the created order collectively. Sense 3: In the phrase 'new creature,' a person or state made new in Christ.
Definition sources
Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
29 occurrences28 verses11 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:20
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Every verse containing “creature”
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 1:23 · retained source text
If ye continue in the faith grounded and setled, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospel, which yee haue heard, and which was preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, whereof I Paul am made a Minister.
Complete reference index — all 28 verses
Genesis 1:20Genesis 1:21Genesis 1:24Genesis 2:19Genesis 9:10Genesis 9:12Genesis 9:15Genesis 9:16Leviticus 11:46Ezekiel 1:20Ezekiel 1:21Ezekiel 1:22Ezekiel 10:15Ezekiel 10:17Ezekiel 10:20Mark 16:15Romans 1:25Romans 8:19Romans 8:20Romans 8:21Romans 8:392 Corinthians 5:17Galatians 6:15Colossians 1:15Colossians 1:231 Timothy 4:4Hebrews 4:13Revelation 5:13
Where “creature” appears
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Genesis8 occurrences
8 versesLeviticus2 occurrences
1 verseEzekiel6 occurrences
6 versesMark1 occurrence
1 verseRomans5 occurrences
5 verses2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseColossians2 occurrences
2 verses1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation1 occurrence
1 verse
8 versesLeviticus2 occurrences
1 verseEzekiel6 occurrences
6 versesMark1 occurrence
1 verseRomans5 occurrences
5 verses2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseColossians2 occurrences
2 verses1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation1 occurrence
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Source order
Definition evidence
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Genesis 1:21
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Skeat 1893
Open source edition ↗A created thing.
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗That which is created; every being besides the Creator, or every thing not self-existent. […] That which is produced, formed or imagined; as a creature of the imagination.