"an element; an element of the natural universe, 2 Pet. 3:10, 12; an element or rudiment of any intellectual or religious system, Gal. 4:3, 9; Col. 2:8, 20; Heb. 5:12*"
Definition and meaning
an element; an element of the natural universe, 2 Pet. 3:10, 12; an element or rudiment of any intellectual or religious system, Gal. 4:3, 9; Col. 2:8, 20; Heb. 5:12*
In the original Greek the word is written: στοιχεῖον
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of stoicheion (G4747) across the King James Bible.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
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Common questions
Strong's G4747 (stoicheion) is a Greek word that means: an element; an element of the natural universe, 2 Pet. 3:10, 12; an element or rudiment of any intellectual or religious system, Gal. 4:3, 9; Col. 2:8, 20; Heb. 5:12* It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word stoicheion (G4747) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4747 is stoicheion, a Greek word defined as: an element; an element of the natural universe, 2 Pet. 3:10, 12; an element or rudiment of any intellectual or religious system, Gal. 4:3, 9; Col. 2:8. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
stoicheion is a Greek word found in the New Testament.