any kind of teaching, written or spoken, handed down from generation to generation. In
Mark 7:3 Mark 7:9 Mark 7:13 ,
Colossians 2:8 , this word refers to the arbitrary interpretations of the Jews. In
2 Thessalonians 2:15 ;
3:6 , it is used in a good sense. Peter (
1 Peter 1:18 ) uses this word with reference to the degenerate Judaism of the "strangers scattered" whom he addresses (Compare
Acts 15:10 ;
Matthew 15:2-6 ;
Galatians 1:14 ).
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.