Handed down - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Handed down

[ 1,,G3970, patroparadotos ]
an adjective, denoting handed down from one's fathers," is used in 1 Peter 1:18, RV, for AV, "received by tradition from your fathers" (from pater, "a father," and paradidomi, "to hand down").

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words