Words the Bible translates as first principles
One word in the Bible is rendered “first principles”, listed here with what it actually means.
- stoicheionστοιχεῖονthe simple starting lessons of a subject: the basics a beginner is given before anything harder
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- the basic physical parts the world is made of: its elements
- the elemental forces of the world: the basic powers or rules that ordered the old life and held people in bondage to it
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