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στοιχεῖον

Transliteration stoicheion		Pronunciation stoi-khā'-on (Key)
Part of Speech neuter noun		Root Word (Etymology) From a presumed derivative of the base of στοιχέω (G4748)
TDNT Reference 7:670,1087	Vines View Entry

1) any first thing, from which the others belonging to some series or composite whole take their rise, an element, first principal

a) the letters of the alphabet as the elements of speech, not however the written characters, but the spoken sounds

b) the elements from which all things have come, the material causes of the universe

c) 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

d) the elements, rudiments, primary and fundamental principles of any art, science, or discipline

1) i.e. of mathematics, Euclid's geometry

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Strong's Number G4747 matches the Greek στοιχεῖον (stoicheion), which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the Greek concordance of the NASB
Page 1 / 1 (Gal 4:3 - 2Pe 3:12)
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Gal 4:3	So ³⁷⁷⁹ also ²⁵³² we ¹⁴⁷³, while ³⁷⁵³ we were ¹⁵¹⁰ children ³⁵¹⁶, were ¹⁵¹⁰ held in bondage ¹⁴⁰² under ⁵²⁵⁹ the elemental things⁴⁷⁴⁷ of the world ²⁸⁸⁹.
Gal 4:9	But ¹¹⁶¹ now ³⁵⁶⁸ that you have come to know ¹⁰⁹⁷ God ²³¹⁶, or ¹¹⁶¹ rather ³¹²³ to be known ¹⁰⁹⁷ by ⁵²⁵⁹ God ²³¹⁶, how is it ⁴⁴⁵⁹ that you turn back ¹⁹⁹⁴ again ³⁸²⁵ to ¹⁹⁰⁹ the weak ⁷⁷² and ²⁵³² worthless ⁴⁴³⁴ elemental things⁴⁷⁴⁷, to which ³⁷³⁹ you desire ²³⁰⁹ to be enslaved ¹³⁹⁸ all over ⁵⁰⁹ again ³⁸²⁵?
Col 2:8	See to it ⁹⁹¹ that no ³³⁶¹ one ⁵¹⁰⁰ takes ⁴⁸¹² ⁰ you ⁴⁷⁷¹ captive ⁴⁸¹² through ¹²²³ philosophy ⁵³⁸⁵ and ²⁵³² empty ²⁷⁵⁶ deception ⁵³⁹, according to ²⁵⁹⁶ the tradition ³⁸⁶² of men ⁴⁴⁴, according to ²⁵⁹⁶ the elementary principles⁴⁷⁴⁷ of the world ²⁸⁸⁹, rather ³⁷⁵⁶ than ²⁵³² according to ²⁵⁹⁶ Christ ⁵⁵⁴⁷.
Col 2:20	If ¹⁴⁸⁷ you have died ⁵⁹⁹ with ⁴⁸⁶² Christ ⁵⁵⁴⁷ to ⁵⁷⁵ the elementary principles⁴⁷⁴⁷ of the world ²⁸⁸⁹, why ⁵¹⁰¹, as if ⁵⁶¹³ you were living ²¹⁹⁸ in ¹⁷²² the world ²⁸⁸⁹, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as ¹³⁷⁹,
Hbr 5:12	For ¹⁰⁶³ though ²⁵³² by this ¹²²³ time ⁵⁵⁵⁰ you ought ³⁷⁸⁴ to be ¹⁵¹⁰ teachers ¹³²⁰, you have ²¹⁹² need ⁵⁵³² again ³⁸²⁵ for someone ⁵¹⁰⁰ to teach ¹³²¹ you ⁴⁷⁷¹ the elementary ⁷⁴⁶ principles⁴⁷⁴⁷ of the oracles ³⁰⁵¹ of God ²³¹⁶, and ²⁵³² you have come ¹⁰⁹⁶ to need ⁵⁵³² ²¹⁹² milk ¹⁰⁵¹ and ²⁵³² not ³⁷⁵⁶ solid ⁴⁷³¹ food ⁵¹⁶⁰.
2Pe 3:10	But ¹¹⁶¹ the day ²²⁵⁰ of the Lord ²⁹⁶² will come ²²⁴⁰ like ⁵⁶¹³ a thief ²⁸¹², in ¹⁷²² which ³⁷³⁹ the heavens ³⁷⁷² will pass away ³⁹²⁸ with a roar ⁴⁵⁰⁰ and ¹¹⁶¹ the elements⁴⁷⁴⁷ will be destroyed ³⁰⁸⁹ with intense heat ²⁷⁴¹, and ²⁵³² the earth ¹⁰⁹³ and ²⁵³² its works ²⁰⁴¹ will be burned up ²⁶¹⁸.
2Pe 3:12	looking for ⁴³²⁸ and ²⁵³² hastening ⁴⁶⁹² the coming ³⁹⁵² of the day ²²⁵⁰ of God ²³¹⁶, because of ¹²²³ which ³⁷³⁹ the heavens ³⁷⁷² will be destroyed ³⁰⁸⁹ by burning ⁴⁴⁴⁸, and ²⁵³² the elements⁴⁷⁴⁷ will melt ⁵⁰⁸⁰ with intense heat ²⁷⁴¹!

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