Original Word: παράδοσις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: paradosis
Pronunciation: pä-rä'-do-sēs
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad'-os-is)
Definition: Tradition
Meaning: an instruction, tradition.

Word Origin: From παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi), meaning "to deliver" or "to hand over."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "paradosis," the concept of tradition can be related to terms like מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat, H4941) for judgments or laws, and חֻקָּה (chuqqah, H2708) for statutes, which were often passed down through generations.

Usage: The term "paradosis" refers to that which is handed down or delivered, often in the form of teachings, customs, or practices. In the New Testament, it is used to describe both human traditions and apostolic teachings. The context determines whether the tradition is viewed positively or negatively.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Jewish context of the New Testament, "paradosis" often referred to the oral traditions of the Pharisees and other religious leaders, which were considered authoritative alongside the written Law. These traditions were meant to interpret and apply the Law to daily life. However, Jesus and the apostles sometimes criticized these traditions when they contradicted or overshadowed God's commandments. In the early Christian church, "paradosis" also referred to the teachings passed down from the apostles, which were foundational for the faith and practice of believers.

3862 parádosis (from 3844 /pará, "from close-beside" and 1325 /dídōmi, "give over") – properly, give (hand over) from close-beside, referring to tradition as passed on from one generation to the next.

[3862 /parádosis also refers to "tradition" in Plato, Epictus, etc.]

Word Origin
from paradidómi
Definition
a handing down or over, a tradition
NASB Translation
tradition (1), tradition (8), traditions (4).

STRONGS NT 3862: παράδοσις

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 .)

tradition, ordinance

From paradidomi; transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law -- ordinance, tradition.

see GREEK paradidomi

παραδοσει παραδόσει παραδοσεις παραδόσεις παραδοσεων παραδόσεων παραδοσιν παράδοσιν παραδρομαίς paradosei paradósei paradoseis paradóseis paradoseon paradoseōn paradóseon paradóseōn paradosin parádosinInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts