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στοιχεῖον G4747
G4747 is the Greek word στοιχεῖον, transliterated stoicheîon. The King James Version most often renders it elements.
What it means
something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively).
Where it comes from
neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of G4748 (στοιχέω).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 7 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: element, principle, rudiment.
Verses using στοιχεῖον
All 7 verses, quoted in full.
Galatians 4:3 · KJV
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Galatians 4:9 · KJV
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Colossians 2:8 · KJV
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Colossians 2:20 · KJV
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
Hebrews 5:12 · KJV
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
2 Peter 3:10 · KJV
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2 Peter 3:12 · KJV
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Common questions
What does Strong's G4747 mean?
G4747 is the Greek word στοιχεῖον (stoicheîon), meaning something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively).
How is G4747 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it elements (4 times), rudiments (2 times), principles (1 time).
How many times does G4747 appear in the Bible?
στοιχεῖον (stoicheîon) is tagged in 7 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G4747 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of G4748 (στοιχέω).
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