Word study · Greek

paradosis

tradition

Say it: pah-RAH-doh-sis (approximate)

παράδοσις

What it means

A tradition. "After the tradition of men" (2:8).

Range of meaning

  • What is handed onTeaching or custom passed down.
  • The tradition of the eldersThe Pharisees' accumulated rulings on living out the law.

In Colossians

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3862 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources