Senses
1. tradition, handed-down teaching — An authoritative teaching, custom, or practice passed down from one generation to the next, whether positively (apostolic traditions in 2 Thess 2:15; 3:6; 1 Cor 11:2) or negatively (human traditions of the elders that nullify God's word in Matt 15:2-6; Mark 7:3-13; Col 2:8; Gal 1:14). Multilingual evidence confirms a single core sense: Spanish 'tradición/tradiciones', Hindi 'परम्परा/परम्पराओं', Arabic 'تَقْلِيد/تَقاليد', Korean '전통/전통들', Swahili 'mapokeo' (invariant for both numbers). The singular (S73910) and plural (S73911) are grammatical number variants of one meaning — transmitted authoritative teaching or custom. 13×
AR["التَّقاليدِ","التَّقْليدِ","تَقاليدَ","تَقاليدِ","تَقليدِ","تَقْلِيدَ","تَقْلِيدِ","تَقْلِيدِكُمْ"]·ben["ঐতিহ্যগুলির।","পরম্পরা","পরম্পরাগুলি","পরম্পরায়","পরম্পরার","রীতি","রীতির","শিক্ষা","শিক্ষাসমূহ"]·DE["Ueberlieferung","παράδοσιν"]·EN["tradition","traditions"]·FR["tradition"]·heb["מַסֹרֶת","מָסֹרֶת","מָסוֹרוֹת"]·HI["के","जो","परम्पर","परम्परओन.","परम्पराओं","मनुष्यों","शिकशअ","शिकशअओन","स्थापित-करो"]·ID["tradisi","tradisi-tradisi"]·IT["tradizione"]·jav["adat-istiadat","tradhisi","tradhisi-tradhisi.","tradisi"]·KO["전승들을","전승을","전통","전통-으로","전통-을","전통들을","전통들의.","전통을","전통의"]·PT["tradição","tradições"]·RU["предание","преданием","преданий","преданию","предания"]·ES["tradiciones","tradición"]·SW["mapokeo"]·TR["gelenegi","gelenekleri","geleneklerin","geleneğe","geleneği","geleneğini","geleneğiniz","geleneğinizi","geleneğinizle","o-"]·urd["روایات","روایت","روایت-سے","روایت-کو","روایت-کے","روایتوں","روایتیں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
παρά-δοσις, εως, ἡ, handing down, bequeathing, transmission, τοῦ σκήπτρου Refs 5th c.BC+; handing over, transfer, ἡ π. τῶν χρημάτων Refs 5th c.BC+; σίτου, etc., Refs 3rd c.AD+; τῆς βασιλείας Refs 1st c.AD+; ἐν παραδόσει παραλαμβάνειν ἀεί, of a reserve fund, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __2 transmission of legends, doctrines, etc., tradition, διδασκαλία καὶ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; treatment, exposition, ὅπως πᾶσιν…