any kind of teaching, written or spoken, handed down from
generation to generation. In
Mark 7:3, 9, 13,
Col. 2:8, this word refers to the arbitrary interpretations of the Jews. In
2 Thess. 2:15; 3:6, it is used in a good sense.
Peter (
1 Pet. 1:18) uses this word with reference to the degenerate Judaism of the "strangers scattered" whom he addresses (comp.
Acts 15:10;
Matt. 15:2-6;
Gal. 1:14).