πατρο-παράδοτος G3970
handed down from one's fathers; inherited from ancestors
A compound adjective meaning 'received from one's forefathers' or 'ancestrally transmitted.' Peter uses it to describe the 'futile way of life inherited from your ancestors' (1 Pet 1:18), from which believers were ransomed not with perishable things but with Christ's precious blood. The term emphasizes both the antiquity and the inadequacy of pre-Christian religious and moral patterns passed down through generations.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes traditions, customs, or ways of life transmitted from previous generations. In 1 Peter, the term characterizes the empty religious observances and moral patterns inherited from pagan ancestors, which proved futile for salvation. The multilingual evidence (English 'handed-down-from-fathers,' Spanish 'heredada-de-padres') captures the generational transmission that the word emphasizes. 1×
AR["المَوروثَةِ-مِنَ-الآباءِ"]·ben["পিতৃ-পরম্পরাগত"]·DE["von-den-Vaetern-ueberliefert"]·EN["handed-down-from-fathers"]·FR["πατροπαραδότου"]·heb["מֵאֲבוֹתֵיכֶם"]·HI["पूर्वजों-से-प्राप्त"]·ID["yang-diwariskan-nenek-moyang"]·IT["patroparadotou"]·jav["saking-leluhur;"]·KO["조상으로부터-전해진"]·PT["herdada-dos-pais;"]·RU["отцами-переданного;"]·ES["heredada-de-padres"]·SW["wa-baba-zenu"]·TR["atalardan-kalan"]·urd["باپ-دادا-سے-ملی؛"]
Related Senses
H0376 1. man, person, human male (2130×)H0251 1. brother (blood sibling) (573×)H0120 1. man, human being (individual/generic) (527×)H0802 1. woman, female person (519×)H0802 2. wife, spouse (255×)H0517 1. mother, female parent (217×)G0435 1. man, male person (202×)G1135 1. woman, adult female (190×)H2233 1. offspring, descendants (172×)H0001 2. ancestor, forefather (146×)H5288 1. Youth, young man (122×)H0269 1. sister (female sibling) (113×)H1755 1. generation, contemporaries (96×)G5043 1. child, offspring (89×)G0444 2. people, humankind (86×)H3206 1. child, boy, youth (86×)H2145 1. male (human being) (79×)G3384 1. mother (77×)H6485a 1. Qal passive participle: numbered ones, enrollment (76×)H1397 1. man (strong/mighty) (65×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
πατρο-παράδοτος, ον, handed down from one's fathers, inherited, ἡ μικρὰ καὶ π. οὐσία NT+2nd c.BC+