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ELEMENT; ELEMENTS

el'-e-ment, (ta stoicheia, "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 Pet 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 Gal 4:3,1, the Revised Version (British and American) has "rudiments," as in the King James Version margin, and in Col 2:8,20, where the reference is to imperfect Jewish ordinances.
See RUDIMENTS.
Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'element; elements'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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