Thayer's Greek Lexicon

 1. the act of founding, establishing, building etc
  1) the act of creating, creation
  2) creation i.e. thing created
1b1. of individual things, beings, a creature, a creation
1b  1) anything created
1b  2) after a rabbinical usage (by which a man converted
from idolatry to Judaism was called)
1b  3) the sum or aggregate of things created
  3) institution, ordinance