"a handing down or on" (akin to paradidomi, "to hand over, deliver"), denotes "a tradition," and hence, by metonymy, (a) "the teachings of the rabbis," interpretations of the Law, which was thereby made void in practice, Mat 1:15-3, Mat 15:6, Mar 7:3, Mar 7:5, Mar 1:7-9, Mar 7:13, Gal 1:14, Col 2:8; (b) of "apostolic teaching," 1Co 11:2, RV, "traditions" (AV, "ordinances"), of instructions concerning the gatherings of believers (instructions of wider scope than ordinances in the limited sense); in 2Th 2:15, of Christian doctrine in general, where the Apostle's use of the word constitutes a denial that what he preached originated with himself, and a claim for its Divine authority (cp. paralambano, "to receive," 1Co 11:23, 1Co 15:3); in 2Th 3:6, it is used of instructions concerning everyday conduct.
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