creator

Everyday

1. A creator is a person who makes or invents something new, such as a story, game, character or video. tree →
2. (religion) The Creator is God, who Christians, Jews and Muslims believe made the world and everything in it. tree →
3. A creator can also be a god in other religions who made the world. tree →

In the lessons

In art, computing and media lessons a creator makes things: a game's creator, a content creator online. In religious education the creation stories in Genesis show God as the Creator. Phrases: «the creator of», «content creator», «God the Creator», «creator of the universe».

Examples

• J.K. Rowling is the creator of Harry Potter. tree →
• The creator of the game made it in his bedroom. tree →
• Christians believe God is the Creator of heaven and earth. tree →
• My cousin is a video creator online. tree →
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is about a creature and its creator. tree →
• Every creator needs time to try ideas. tree →
• The prayer thanks the Creator for the beauty of the world. tree →
• The Lord our Creator is wise and full of loving kindness--who can doubt it? tree →

Note

Countable. Capital C when it means God. Related: create, creation, creative, creature. Spelling ends in -or, not -er.

In Jewish tradition

"The Creator" names God as the maker of everything. In Sefer Yetzirah it is a respectful name for God.

Interpretation. The text urges the student to understand the wisdom and thus "lead the Creator back to His throne", which tradition reads as seeing God's rule clearly in the world.

Examples

• fact, inquire about it, and make it so evident, that [35] the Creator be acknowledged to be on His throne again. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• 16) Judah Halevi in his book entitled "Kusari," p. 456, illustrates it thus: The Creator is one, and the space has in the figurative expression six dimensions. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Comprehend this great wisdom, understand this [7] knowledge, inquire into it and ponder on it, render it evident and lead [8] the Creator back to His throne again. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. (Prophets ISA.43.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? (Prophets ISA.40.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them'; (Writings ECC.12.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable. Capital C when it means God. Related: create, creation, creative, creature. Spelling ends in -or, not -er.