στοιχεῖον
stoicheion (stoy-khei`-on) n.
1. something orderly in arrangement
2. (by implication) an initial element of a fundamental series
3. (literally) fundamental principle
4. (figuratively, plural) the elements
[neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of G4748]
KJV: element, principle, rudiment
Root(s): G4748
G4748