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• στοιχεῖον

el´ē̇ -ment , (τὰ στοιχεῖα , tá stoicheı́a , "the letters of the alphabet," "the elements out of which all things are formed," "the heavenly bodies," "the fundamental principles of any art or science"):

(1) In 2 Peter 3:10 , the constituent parts of the physical universe ("elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat," the American Revised Version, margin "the heavenly bodies").

(2) In Galatians 4:3 , Galatians 4:1 , the Revised Version (British and American) has "rudiments," as in the King James Version margin, and in Colossians 2:8 , Colossians 2:20 , where the reference is to imperfect Jewish ordinances. See RUDIMENTS .