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Lexicon :: Strong's G3862 - paradosis

Aa
παράδοσις
Transliteration
paradosis (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ad'-os-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:172,166

Strong’s Definitions

παράδοσις parádosis, par-ad'-os-is; from G3860; transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law:—ordinance, tradition.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G3862 in the following manner: tradition (12x), ordinance (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G3862 in the following manner: tradition (12x), ordinance (1x).

  1. giving up, giving over

    1. the act of giving up

    2. the surrender of cities

  2. a giving over which is done by word of mouth or in writing, i.e. tradition by instruction, narrative, precept, etc.

    1. objectively, that which is delivered, the substance of a teaching

    2. of the body of precepts, esp. ritual, which in the opinion of the later Jews were orally delivered by Moses and orally transmitted in unbroken succession to subsequent generations, which precepts, both illustrating and expanding the written law, as they did were to be obeyed with equal reverence

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παράδοσις parádosis, par-ad'-os-is; from G3860; transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law:—ordinance, tradition.
STRONGS G3862:
παράδοσις, παραδοσεως, ἡ (παραδίδωμι), a giving over, giving up; i. e.
1. the act of giving up, the surrender: of cities, Polybius 9, 25, 5; Josephus, b. j. 1, 8, 6; χρημάτων, Aristotle, pol. 5, 7, 11, p. 1309{a}, 10.
2. a giving over which is done by word of mouth or in writing, i. e. tradition by instruction, narrative, precept, etc. (see παραδίδωμι, 4); hence, equivalent to instruction, Epictetus diss. 2, 23, 40; joined with διδασκαλία, Plato, legg. 7, p. 803 a. objectively, what is delivered, the substance of the teaching: so of Paul's teaching, 2 Thessalonians 3:6; in plural of the particular injunctions of Paul's instruction, 1 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:15. used in the singular of a written narrative, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 9, 2; 10, 2; again, of the body of precepts, especially ritual, which in the opinion of the later Jews were orally delivered by Moses and orally transmitted in unbroken succession to subsequent generations, which precepts, both illustrating and expanding the written law, as they did, were to be obeyed with equal reverence (Josephus, Antiquities 13, 10, 6 distinguishes between τά ἐκ παραδοσεως τῶν πατέρων and τά γεγραμμένα, i. e. τά ἐν τοῖς Μωϋσέως νόμοις γεγραμμένα νόμιμα): Matthew 15:2f, 6; Mark 7:3, 5, 9, 13; with τῶν ἀνθρώπων added, as opposed to the divine teachings, Mark 7:8; Colossians 2:8 (where see Lightfoot); πατρικαι παραδόσεις, precepts received from the fathers, whether handed down in the O. T. books or orally, Galatians 1:14 ((others restrict the word here to the extra-biblical traditions; cf. Meyer or Lightfoot at the passage). Cf. B. D. American edition under the word .)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
15:2; 15:6
Mark
7:3; 7:5; 7:8; 7:9; 7:13
1 Corinthians
11:2
Galatians
1:14
Colossians
2:8
2 Thessalonians
2:15; 3:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3862 matches the Greek παράδοσις (paradosis),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:2 - “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:3 - Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:6 - they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3 - (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:5 - So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:9 - And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[fn] your own traditions!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:13 - Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:2 - I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14 - I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:8 - See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[fn] of this world rather than on Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:15 - So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings[fn] we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:6 - In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching[fn] you received from us.
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