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Lexicon :: Strong's G3862 - paradosis

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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 Box Mat 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:2 - “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:3 - He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:6 - he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word[fn] of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3 - (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,[fn] holding to the tradition of the elders,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:5 - And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:9 - And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:13 - thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:2 - Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:8 - See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits[fn] of the world, and not according to Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:15 - So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:6 - Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
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