Bible Dictionary
Create
To create is to cause something to exist that did not exist before. The term is distinct from making, which may involve reshaping or forming something already present.
Definition
To create is to cause something to exist that did not exist before. It is distinguished from making, which may mean reshaping or forming something already in existence.
Biblical Usage
The supplied material provides the distinction between creating and making but does not give a specific biblical occurrence or further biblical association.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
To create is to cause something to exist which did not exist before, as distinguished from make, to re-form something already in existence.