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Lexicon :: Strong's G3466 - mystērion

Aa
μυστήριον
Transliteration
mystērion (Key)
Pronunciation
moos-tay'-ree-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:802,615

Strong’s Definitions

μυστήριον mystḗrion, moos-tay'-ree-on; from a derivative of μύω mýō (to shut the mouth); a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites):—mystery.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G3466 in the following manner: mystery (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G3466 in the following manner: mystery (27x).

  1. hidden thing, secret, mystery

    1. generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals

    2. a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding

    3. a hidden purpose or counsel

      1. secret will

        1. of men

        2. of God: the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly

  2. in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense

    1. of an OT saying

    2. of an image or form seen in a vision

    3. of a dream

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μυστήριον mystḗrion, moos-tay'-ree-on; from a derivative of μύω mýō (to shut the mouth); a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites):—mystery.
STRONGS G3466:
μυστήριον, μυστηρίου, τό (μύστης (one initiated; from μυέω, which see)), in classical Greek a hidden thing, secret, mystery: μυστήριον σου μή κατειπης τῷ φιλῶ, Menander; plural generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to be communicated by them to ordinary mortals; (cf. K. F. Hermann, Gottesdienstl. Alterthümer der Griechen, § 32). In the Scriptures:
1. a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding: 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 14:2; (of the secret rites of the Gentiles, Wis. 14:15, 23).
2. a hidden purpose or counsel; secret will: of men, τοῦ βασιλέως, Tobit 12:7, 11; τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ, Judith 2:2; of God: μυστήρια Θεοῦ, the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly, Wis. 2:22. In the N. T., God's plan of providing salvation for men through Christ, which was once hidden but now is revealed: Romans 16:25; 1 Corinthians 2:7 (on this see ἐν, I. 5 f.); Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:26f; with τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ added, Ephesians 1:9; τοῦ Θεοῦ, which God formed, Colossians 2:2; (1 Corinthians 2:1 WH text); τοῦ Χριστοῦ, respecting Christ, Colossians 4:3; τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, which is contained and announced in the gospel, Ephesians 6:19; ἐτελέσθη τό μυστήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ, said of the consummation of this purpose, to be looked for when Christ returns, Revelation 10:7; τά μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν or τοῦ Θεοῦ, the secret purposes relative to the kingdom of God, Matthew 13:11; Mark 4:11; Luke 8:10; used of certain single events decreed by God having reference to his kingdom or the salvation of men, Romans 11:25; 1 Corinthians 15:51; of God's purpose to bless the Gentiles also with salvation through Christ (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians 1:26), Ephesians 3:3, cf. Ephesians 3:5; with τοῦ Χριστοῦ added, Ephesians 3:4; οἰκονόμοι μυστηρίων Θεοῦ, the stewards of God's mysteries, i. e. those intrusted with the announcement of God's secret purposes to men, 1 Corinthians 4:1; used generally, of Christian truth as hidden from ungodly men: with the addition of τῆς πίστεως, τῆς εὐσεβείας, which faith and godliness embrace and keep, 1 Timothy 3:9, 16; τό μυστήριον τῆς ἀνομίας the mystery of lawlessness, the secret purpose formed by lawlessness, seems to be a tacit antithesis to God's saving purpose, 2 Thessalonians 2:7.
3. Like רָזָא and סוד in rabbinic writers, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense: of an O. T. saying, Ephesians 5:32; of a name, Revelation 17:5; of an image or form seen in a vision, Revelation 1:20; Revelation 17:5; of a dream, (Theod.) Daniel 2:18f, 27-30, where the Sept. so renders רָז. (The Vulg. translates the wordsacramentum in Daniel 2:18; Daniel 4:6; Tobit 12:7; Wis. 2:22; Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 3:3, 9; Ephesians 5:32; 1 Timothy 3:16; Revelation 1:20.) (On the distinctive N. T. use of the word cf. Campbell, Dissertations on the Gospels. diss. ix. part i.; Kendrick in B. D. American edition under the word ; Lightfoot on Colossians 1:26.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Daniel
2; 2:18; 2:18; 4:6
Matthew
13:11
Mark
4:11
Luke
8:10
Romans
11:25; 16:25
1 Corinthians
2:1; 2:7; 4:1; 13:2; 14:2; 15:51
Ephesians
1:9; 1:9; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:5; 3:9; 3:9; 5:32; 5:32; 6:19
Colossians
1:26; 1:26; 1:26; 2:2; 4:3
2 Thessalonians
2:7
1 Timothy
3:9; 3:16; 3:16
Revelation
1:20; 1:20; 10:7; 17:5; 17:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3466 matches the Greek μυστήριον (mystērion),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:11 - And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25 - For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:25 - Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:1 - Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2 - And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:2 - For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:3 - How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:4 - By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:9 - And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:32 - This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:19 - And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26 - The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:27 - To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:2 - So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:3 - And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7 - For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:9 - Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16 - And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:20 - The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lights are the seven churches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:7 - But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when the sound of his horn is about to come, then will the secret of God be complete, of which he gave the good news to his servants the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5 - And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:7 - And the angel said to me, Why were you surprised? I will make clear to you the secret of the woman, and of the beast on which she is seated, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
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