Tradition
παράδοσιςStrong’s G3862paradosis
Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paradosis is the Greek word usually translated “tradition”, “traditions” and “teachings”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.
“Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.”
Meaning
Usually translated “tradition”, “traditions” and “teachings”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- tradition 10
- traditions 2
- teachings 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 5
- Matthew 3
- 2 Thessalonians 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
- Colossians 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6In contextNow we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
- Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
- Matthew 15:3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
- Matthew 15:6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
- Mark 7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
- Mark 7:5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Greek dictionary
παράδοσις paradosis · tradition
παρά-δοσις, -εως, ἡ (παραδίδωμι), [in LXX: Est.7:26 (אֵסוּר), Jer.32:4 (נָתַן ni.), Jer.34:2 * ;] 1. a handing down or over, transfer, transmission (Arist., Polyb., al., LXX). 2. tradition of doctrine (Plat., Epict., al.); by meton., of the doctrine itself : Mat.15:2-3, 6, Mrk.7:3, 1Co.11:2, Gal.1:14, Col.2:8, 2Th.2:15 3:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tradition” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRADI'TION, noun
[Latin traditio, from trado, to deliver.]
- Delivery; the act of delivering into the hands of another.
- The delivery of opinions, doctrines, practices, rites and customs from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any opinions or practice from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.
- That which is handed down from age to age by oral communication.“Stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle” 2 Thessalonians 2:15“Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your traditions?” Matthew 15:3
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.