- στοιχεῖον
- one of a row
- στοιχεῖον
- a heavenly body, an element
- (a) plur: the heavenly bodies, (b) a rudiment, an element, a rudimentary principle, an elementary rule.
- στοιχεῖον
- principle
- G:N-N
- στοιχεῖον, -ου, τό
[in LXX:* ;]Refs
Wis.7:17 19:18, 4Ma.12:13
prop., one of a row (στοῖχος) or series, hence,
__1. the shadow-line of a dial (Aristoph.).
__2. an elementary sound or letter of the alphabet (Anth., Plut., π.).
__3. the elements or rudiments of knowledge (Arist., al.) Heb.5:12; πτωχὰ σ., Gal.4:9; σ. τοῦ κόσμου,(but see infr.).Refs
Gal.4:3, Col.2:8, 20
__4. The material elements of the universe (Plat.; LXX, ll. with):.Refs
2Pe.3:10 3:12
__5. The heavenly bodies (Ding. Laert.).
__6. The demons or tutelary spirits of nature (Enoch., Test., Sol., al.; for this sense in Ga, Col, ll. with, see ICC on Col.2:8; Enc. Bibl., see word " Elements ").†
(AS)
1) any first thing, from which the others belonging to some series or composite whole take their rise, an element, first principal
1a) the letters of the alphabet as the elements of speech, not however the written characters, but the spoken sounds
1b) the elements from which all things have come, the material causes of the universe
1c) the heavenly bodies, either as parts of the heavens or (as others think) because in them the elements of man, life and destiny were supposed to reside
1d) the elements, rudiments, primary and fundamental principles of any art, science, or discipline
1d1) i.e. of mathematics, Euclid's geometry
1a) the letters of the alphabet as the elements of speech, not however the written characters, but the spoken sounds
1b) the elements from which all things have come, the material causes of the universe
1c) the heavenly bodies, either as parts of the heavens or (as others think) because in them the elements of man, life and destiny were supposed to reside
1d) the elements, rudiments, primary and fundamental principles of any art, science, or discipline
1d1) i.e. of mathematics, Euclid's geometry
στοιχεῖον
stoicheion
stoy-khi'-on
Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of G4748; something orderly in arrangement, that is, (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
KJV Usage: element, principle, rudiment.