Word Study · Strong's G4747 · Greek
στοιχεῖον
stoicheîon
stoy-khi'-on
“something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
element, principle, rudiment.
- 7occurrencescanonical count
- 7loaded herebook by book, canonical order
- 4books spannedamong loaded text
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 loaded occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- στοιχεῖα6
- στοιχείων1
How it is rendered · 4
- principles4
- [the] elements1
- basic principles1
- elements1
Contextual glosses as tagged by STEP Bible — the sense the word carries at each spot, not a translation.
Parse codes · 3
- N-APN4
- N-NPN2
- N-GPN1
STEP Bible morphology codes, printed as given. The scheme is documented at STEPBible.org.
7 loaded
The ledger of occurrences
Galatians2 occurrences
- Galatians 4:3στοιχεῖαstoicheiaN-APNSo we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:here: basic principles
- Galatians 4:9στοιχεῖαstoicheiaN-APNbut now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?here: principles
Colossians2 occurrences
- Colossians 2:8στοιχεῖαstoicheiaN-APNTake heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:here: principles
- Colossians 2:20στοιχείωνstoicheiōnN-GPNIf ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,here: principles
2 Peter2 occurrences
- 2 Peter 3:10στοιχεῖαstoicheiaN-NPNBut the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.here: elements
- 2 Peter 3:12στοιχεῖαstoicheiaN-NPNlooking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?here: [the] elements