noun · neuter

stoicheiem

Greekστοιχεῖα (stoicheia)

Strong’sG4747

a heavenly body, an element

stem stoichei-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

elemental spirits1×

What it means

** στοιχεῖον, -ου, τό

[in LXX: Wi 7:17 19:18, IV Mac 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.) He 5:12; πτωχὰ σ., Ga 4:9; σ. τοῦ κόσμου, ib. 3, Col 2:8, 20 (but v. infr.).

4. The material elements of the universe (Plat.; LXX, ll. c.): II Pe 3:10, 12.

5. The heavenly bodies (Diog. Laert.).

6. The demons or tutelary spirits of nature (Enoch., Test., Sol., al.; for this sense in Ga, Col, ll. c., v. ICC on Col 2:8; Enc. Bibl., s.v. " Elements ").†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4747 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidstoy-khi'-on

something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)

Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of the base of G4748;

King Jameselement, principle, rudiment.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	stoicheiem	stoicheieim
of, belonging to genitive	stoicheieu	stoicheieiu
to, for dative	stoicheie	stoicheiei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

stoicheistem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

stoicheie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

stoicheiem — στοιχεῖον, a heavenly body, an element

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

stoicheieim1×

Galatians 4:3“elemental spirits”houtōs kai nis, hote ane nēpiois, hupo teim stoicheieim tou kosmou ene douleuirētois;So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.