Definition

transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law

Etymology

from G3860 (παραδίδωμι);

Word family

• παραδίδωμι paradídōmi

How the KJV renders it

• ordinance
• tradition

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.