The Koine Bible

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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

στοιχεῖον

Lemmaστοιχεῖον
Citation formστοιχεῖον, ου, τό
Part of speechnoun
Glossa heavenly body, an element
Strong’sG4747
Transliterationstoicheîon
Definitionsomething orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
KJV glosses:--element, principle, rudiment.
Derivationneuter of a presumed derivative of the base of
SBLGNT occurrences7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
στοιχεῖα
noun, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-)Galatians 4:3
noun, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-)Galatians 4:9
noun, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-)Colossians 2:8
noun, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-)Hebrews 5:12
noun, nominative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----NPN-)2 Peter 3:10
noun, nominative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----NPN-)2 Peter 3:12
στοιχείων
noun, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-)Colossians 2:20

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: στοιχειον.