G4747Greekstoicheῖa
στοιχεῖα
something orderly in arrangement, i.e., (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
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Total Occurrences
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Books
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Old Testament
7
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1any first thing, from which the others belonging to some series or composite whole take their rise, an element, first principal
- 2the letters of the alphabet as the elements of speech, not however the written characters, but the spoken sounds
- 3the elements from which all things have come, the material causes of the universe
- 4the 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
- 5the elements, rudiments, primary and fundamental principles of any art, science, or discipline
Etymology & Derivation
neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of g4748