Greek - English Dictionary
G3862 - Fathers
| Strong's No.: | G3862 |
| Greek: | παράδοσις |
| Transliteration: | paradosis |
| Phonetic: | par-ad'-os-is |
| Word Origin: | From G3860 |
| Bible Usage: | ordinance tradition. |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Feminine |
| Strongs Definition: | transmission that is (concretely) a precept; specifically the Jewish traditionary law |
| Thayers Definition: | 1. giving up, giving over a. the act of giving up b. 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. a. objectively, that which is delivered, the substance of a teaching b. 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 |
| Translation Occurrences: |
ordinances ( 1 )
tradition ( 10 )
traditions ( 2 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.