Strong's Lexicon patroparadotos: handed down from fathers, ancestral Original Word: πατροπαράδοτος HELPS Word-studies 3970 patroparádotos (from 3962 /patḗr, "father" and 3860 /paradídōmi, "pass something on") – properly, tradition, handed down from forefathers; the "traditional" way of doing something, i.e. as passed down from ancestors. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3970: πατροπαράδοτοςπατροπαράδοτος, πατροπαραδοτον (πατήρ and παραδίδωμι), handed down from one's fathers or ancestors: 1 Peter 1:18 (Buttmann, 91 (79)). (Diodorus 4,8; 15, 74; 17,4; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 5, 48; Theophil. ad Autol. 2, 34; Eusebius, h. c. 4, 23, 10; 10, 4, 16.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance inheritedFrom pater and a derivative of paradidomi (in the sense of handing over or down); traditionary -- received by tradition from fathers. see GREEK pater see GREEK paradidomi Forms and Transliterations πατροπαραδοτου πατροπαραδότου patroparadotou patroparadótouLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |