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GreekG3862Noun (Feminine)

παράδοσις

paradosis

13Occurrences
G3862Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law

from G3860 (παραδίδωμι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a handing down or over, transfer, transmission (Arist., Polyb., LXX).
2.tradition of doctrine (Plat., Epict.); by meton., of the doctrine itself
LXX: (אֵסוּר), (נָתַן ni.), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

παράδοσις appears 13 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Mark
5
Matthew
3
2 Thessalonians
2
1 Corinthians
1
Colossians
1
Galatians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 11:2BSB

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

2 Thessalonians 3:6BSB

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.

Galatians 1:14BSB

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Matthew 15:3BSB

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

Mark 7:3BSB

Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.