στοιχεῖον stoicheion · G4747

principle

στοιχεῖον, -ου, τό ; [in LXX: Wis.7:17 19:18, 4Ma.12:13 * ; ] ; prop., one of a row (στοῖχος) or series, hence, ; 1. the shadow-line of a dial (Aristoph.). ; 2. an elementary sound or letter of the alphabet (Anth., Plut., π.). ; 3. the elements or rudiments of knowledge (Arist., al.) Heb.5:12; πτωχὰ σ., Gal.4:9; σ. τοῦ κόσμου, Gal.4:3, Col.2:8, 20 (but see infr.). ; 4. The material elements of the universe (Plat.; LXX, ll. with): 2Pe.3:10 3:12. ; 5. The heavenly bodies (Ding. Laert.). ; 6. The demons or tutelary spirits of nature (Enoch., Test., Sol., al.; for this sense in Ga, Col, ll. with, see ICC on Col.2:8; Enc. Bibl., see word " Elements ").†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

στοιχεῖον, τό: ; I in a form of sun-dial, the shadow of the gnomon, the length of which in feet indicated the time of day, ὅταν ᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ σ. when the shadow is ten feet long, [], see []; II element, ; II.1 a simple sound of speech, as the first component of the syllable, []; τὸ ῥῶ τὸ σ[] —στοιχεῖα therefore, strictly, were different from letters (γράμματα), [], but are frequently not clearly distinguished from them, as by []; σ. ε ¯ letter ε (in a filing-system), []; ἀκουόμενα σ. letters …

Where it's used 7 times

Galatians 4:3 · Galatians 4:9 · Colossians 2:8 · Colossians 2:20 · Hebrews 5:12 · 2 Peter 3:10 · 2 Peter 3:12

Source: TBESG G4747; TFLSJ G4747

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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