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Strong G3466μυστήριον

mystery

Transliteration
mustērion
Pronunciation
moos-tay'-ree-on
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From a derivative of μύω muō (to shut the mouth); a secret or mystery (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites): - mystery.

Detailed definition

μυστήρισν, -ου, τό
(μυέω), [in LXX: Dan LXX TH Dan.2:18 ff. (רָז), Tob.12:7, 11, Jdth.2:2, Wis.2:22 6:22 14:15, 23, Sir.3:18 22:22 27:16-17, 21, 2Ma.13:21 *;]
1. that which is known to the μύστης (initiated), a mystery or secret doctrine, mostly in pl., τὰ μ. (Æsch., Hdt., al.).

2. In later writers (Menand., Incert., 168), that which may not be revealed (not, however, as in the modern sense, intrinsically difficult to understand), a secret or mystery of any kind (To, Jth, 2Mac, ll, with).

3. In NT, of the counsels of God (cf. Th.: Job.15:8, Psa.25:14 for סוֹד), once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof;
__(a) of the Christian revelation generally : Rom.16:25, 1Co.2:7, Col.1:26-27, Eph.3:3, 9; τ. βασιλείας τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.4:11; τ. θεοῦ, 1Co.2:1, Rev.10:7; τ. θ., Χριστοῦ, Col.2:2; τ. Χριστοῦ., Col.4:3, Eph.3:4; τ. θελήματος αὐτοῦ, Eph.1:9; τ. εὐαγγελίον, Eph.6:19; τ. πίστεως, 1Ti.3:9; τ. εὐσεβείας, 1Ti.3:16;
__(b) of particular truths, or details, of the Christian revelation : Rom.11:25, 1Co.15:51, Eph.5:32, 2Th.2:7, Rev.1:20 17:5, 7; pl., τὰ μ., 1Co.13:2 14:2; θεοῦ, 1Co.4:1; τ. βασιλείας τ. οὐρανῶν (θεοῦ), Mat.13:11, Luk.8:10 (cf. Westc., Eph., 180 ff.; AR, Eph., 234 ff.; Lft., Col., 165 f.; Hatch, Essays, 57 f.; DB, iii, 465 ff.; DCG, ii, 213 ff.).†
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In the Bible

Strong G3466 appears in 27 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • mystery27

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:11
    He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
  2. Mark 4:11
    And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
  3. Luke 8:10
    And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
  4. Romans 11:25
    For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
  5. Romans 16:25
    Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
  6. 1 Corinthians 2:7
    But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
  7. 1 Corinthians 4:1
    Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
  8. 1 Corinthians 13:2
    And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
  9. 1 Corinthians 14:2
    For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
  10. 1 Corinthians 15:51
    Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
  11. Ephesians 1:9
    Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
  12. Ephesians 3:3
    How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
  13. Ephesians 3:4
    Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
  14. Ephesians 3:9
    And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
  15. Ephesians 5:32
    This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
  16. Ephesians 6:19
    And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
  17. Colossians 1:26
    Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
  18. Colossians 1:27
    To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  19. Colossians 2:2
    That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
  20. Colossians 4:3
    Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μυστήρι-ον, τό,
(μύστης, μυέω) mystery or secret rite: mostly in plural, τὰ μ. the mysteries, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 14, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.51)] (of the mysteries of the Cabiri in Samothrace), etc.; especially those of Demeter at Eleusis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 479, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 804, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 173, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 887, etc.)]; μυστηρίοις τοῖς μείζοσιν, τοῖς ὀλείζοσιν μ., [Refs (“IG” 12.6.93,96)]; but usually, τὰ μεγάλα, τὰ μικρὰ μ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 846, compare “IG” 12.313.144, 22.1672.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 497c, etc.; πρὸ τῶν μεγάλων μ. τὰ μικρὰ παραδοτέον 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 2)]; ἀπιέναι πρὸ τῶν μ., i.e. before you have reached the heart of the matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 76e)]; τὰ τῆς θεοῦ (i.e. Μεγάλης Μητρὸς) μ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 540.21 (Pessinus, 1st c.AD))]; οἱ θεοὶ οἷς τὰ μ. ἐπιτελεῖται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.2 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]; τὰ μ. ποιεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.11, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.42, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.28 (_passive_))]; μ. ἐρεῖν And.[same place]: later in singular, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PMag.Leid.W.” 3.42 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
2 mystic implements and ornaments, σεμνὰ στεμμάτων μυστήρια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 470)]; especially properties, such as were carried to Eleusis at the celebration of the mysteries, ὄνος ἄγω μυστήρια, proverbial of an over-loaded beast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 159.)]
2.b later, object used in magical rites, talisman, δότε πνεῦμα τῷ ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ κατεσκευασμένῳ μ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PMag.Leid.V.” 10.19 (3rd-4th c.AD).)]
3 metaphorically, ὕπνος, τὰ μικρὰ τοῦ θανάτου μ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 11)]; τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς σεμνὸν μ., of the military sacramentum, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 8.7.4)]: generally, mystery, secret, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 156a; μυστήριόν σου μὴ κατείπῃς τῷ φίλῳ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 695, cf. LXX.Sir.27.16, LXX.Tob.12.7)]; προσήγγειλε τὰ μ. τοῖς πολεμίοις[LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.2Mac.13.21; μυστήρια βίου 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.3)]; τοὐμὸν τὸ μ. [the remedy] is my secret, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.7)]: hence, of a medicine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.96, 6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 5.4.)]
4 secret revealed by God, i.e. religious or mystical truth, Corp. Herm.[Refs (1.16)], etc.; τὰ μ. τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν [NT (NT.Matt.13.11; πνεύματι λαλεῖν μυστήρια NT.1Cor.14.2)]; τὸ μ. τῆς ἀνομίας the mystery of iniquity, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.2Thes.2.7; τὸν Ἀντιπάτρου βίον οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοιτις εἰπὼν κακίας μ. 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.24.1)]; especially of the Gospel or parts of it, τὸ μ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου [NT (NT.Eph.6.19, compare 3.9, NT.Col.1.26, +others)]; symbol, τὸ μ. τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀστέρων [NT (NT.Rev.1.20, compare 17.7.)]
5 σύνηθές τι μ. some vulgar superstition, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.4.)]
II Dionysius the tyrant called mouse-holes μυστήρια (μῦς, τηρεῖν), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.98d.)]