stoicheion <4747>
stoiceion stoicheion
| Pronunciation: | stoy-khi'-on |
| Origin: | from a presumed derivative of the base of 4748 |
| Reference: | TDNT - 7:670,1087 |
| PrtSpch: | n n |
| In Greek: | stoiceia 6, stoiceiwn 1 |
| In NET: | basic forces 2, celestial bodies 2, elemental 1, elements 1 |
| In AV: | element 4, rudiment 2, principle 1 |
| Count: | 7 |
| Definition: | 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 neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of 4748; something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively):-element, principle, rudiment. see GREEK for 4748 |
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