The Linked Word Project

Strong's Number G4747

Transliteration:

stoicheion{stoy-khi'-on}

Word Origin:

from a presumed derivative of the base of 4748

TDNT:

7:670,1087

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Usage in the KJV:

element 4, rudiment 2, principle 1

Total: 7

Definition:

any first thing, from which the others belonging to some series or composite whole take their rise, an element, first principal
1. the letters of the alphabet as the elements of speech, not however the written characters, but the spoken sounds
2. the elements from which all things have come, the material causes of the universe
3. 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
4. the elements, rudiments, primary and fundamental principles of any art, science, or discipline
  1. i.e. of mathematics, Euclid's geometry