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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 [fn]Jesus answered G611 them, “To you it has been granted G1325 to know G1097 the mysteries G3466 of the kingdom G932 of heaven G3772, but to them it has not been granted G1325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - And He was saying G3004 to them, “To you has been given G1325 the mystery G3466 of the kingdom G932 of God G2316, but for those G1565 who are outside G1854, everything G3956 comes G1096 in parables G3850,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - And He said G3004, “To you it has been granted G1325 to know G1097 the [fn]mysteries G3466 of the kingdom G932 of God G2316, but to the rest G3062 they are told in parables G3850, so G2443 that G2443 [fn]while seeing G991 they may not see G991, and [fn]while hearing G191 they may not understand G4920.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25 -

For I do not want G2309 you, brothers G80 and sisters, to be uninformed G50 of this G3778 mystery G3466—so G2443 that G2443 you will not be wise G5429 in your own G1438 estimation G1438—that a partial G3313 hardening G4457 has happened G1096 to Israel G2474 until G891 the fullness G4138 of the Gentiles G1484 has come G1525 in G1525;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:25 -

Now G1161 to Him who is able G1410 to establish G4741 you according G2596 to my gospel G2098 and the preaching G2782 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547, according G2596 to the revelation G602 of the mystery G3466 which has been kept G4601 secret G4601 for long G5550 ages G5550 past,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - but we speak G2980 God’s G2316 wisdom G4678 in a mystery G3466, the hidden G613 wisdom which G3739 God G2316 predestined G4309 before G4253 the ages G165 to our glory G1391;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:1 -

This G3779 is G3779 the G3779 way G3779 any person G444 is to regard G3049 us: as servants G5257 of Christ G5547 and stewards G3623 of the mysteries G3466 of God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2 - If G1437 I have G2192 the gift of prophecy G4394 and know G6063 all G3956 mysteries G3466 and all G3956 knowledge G1108, and if G1437 I have G2192 all G3956 faith G4102 so G5620 as to remove G3179 mountains G3735, but do not have G2192 love G26, I am G1510 nothing G3762.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:2 - For the one who speaks G2980 in a tongue G1100 does not speak G2980 to people G444, but to God G2316; for no G3762 one G3762 [fn]understands G191, but [fn]in his spirit G4151 he speaks G2980 mysteries G3466.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - Behold G2400, I am telling G3004 you a [fn]mystery G3466; we will not all G3956 sleep G2837, but we will all G3956 be changed G236,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - He [fn]made G1107 known G1107 to us the mystery G3466 of His will G2307, according G2596 to His good G2107 pleasure G2107 which G3739 He set G4388 forth G4388 in Him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:3 - that by revelation G602 there was made G1107 known G1107 to me the mystery G3466, as I wrote G4270 before G4270 briefly G1722 G3641.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:4 - [fn]By referring to this G3739, when you read G314 you can G1410 understand G3539 my insight G4907 [fn]into the mystery G3466 of Christ G5547,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:9 - and to [fn]enlighten G5461 all G3956 people G3956 as to what G5101 the plan G3622 of the mystery G3466 is which for ages G165 has been hidden G613 in God G2316, who created G2936 all G3956 things G3956;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:32 - This G3778 mystery G3466 is great G3173; but I am speaking G3004 with reference G1519 to Christ G5547 and the church G1577.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:19 - and pray in G5228 my behalf G5228, that speech G3056 may be given G1325 to me in the opening G457 of my mouth G4750, to make G1107 known G1107 with boldness G3954 the mystery G3466 of the gospel G2098,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26 - that is, the mystery G3466 which had been hidden G613 from the past ages G165 and generations G1074, but now G3568 has been revealed G5319 to His [fn]saints G40,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:27 - to whom G3739 God G2316 willed G2309 to make G1107 known G1107 what G5101 the wealth G4149 of the glory G1391 of this G3778 mystery G3466 among G1722 the Gentiles G1484 is, the mystery that is Christ G5547 in you, the hope G1680 of glory G1391.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:2 - that their hearts G2588 may be encouraged G3870, having been knit G4822 together G4822 in love G26, and that they would attain to all G3956 the wealth G4149 [fn]that comes from the full G4136 assurance G4136 of understanding G4907, resulting in a true G1922 knowledge G1922 of God’s G2316 mystery G3466, that is, Christ G5547 Himself,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:3 - praying G4336 at the same G260 time G260 for us as G2532 well G2532, that God G2316 will open G455 up G455 to us a door G2374 for the word G3056, so that we may proclaim G2980 the mystery G3466 of Christ G5547, for which G3739 I have also G2532 been imprisoned G1210;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7 - For the mystery G3466 of lawlessness G458 is already G2235 at work G1754; only G3440 [fn]He who now G737 restrains G2722 will do so until G2193 [fn]He is [fn]removed G1537 G3319.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:9 - but holding G2192 to the mystery G3466 of the faith G4102 with a clear G2513 conscience G4893.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16 - Beyond G3672 question G3672, great G3173 is the mystery G3466 of godliness G2150:

He who G3739 was revealed G5319 in the flesh G4561,

Was [fn]vindicated G1344 [fn]in the Spirit G4151,

Seen G3708 by angels G32,

Proclaimed G2784 among G1722 the nations G1484,

Believed G4100 on in the world G2889,

Taken G353 up G353 in glory G1391.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:20 - “As for the mystery G3466 of the seven G2033 stars G792 which G3739 you saw G3708 in My right G1188 hand G1188, and the seven G2033 golden G5552 lampstands G3087: the seven G2033 stars G792 are the angels G32 of the seven G2033 churches G1577, and the seven G2033 lampstands G3087 are the seven G2033 churches G1577.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:7 - but in the days G2250 of the voice G5456 of the seventh G1442 angel G32, when G3752 he is G3195 about G3195 to G3195 sound G4537, then G2532 the mystery G3466 of God G2316 is finished G5055, as He announced G2097 to His servants G1401 the prophets G4396.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5 - and on her forehead G3359 a name G3686 was written G1125, [fn]a mystery G3466: “BABYLON G897 THE GREAT G3173, THE MOTHER G3384 OF PROSTITUTES G4204 AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS G946 OF THE EARTH G1093.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:7 - And the angel G32 said G3004 to me, “Why G1223 G5101 [fn]do you wonder G2296? I will tell G3004 you the mystery G3466 of the woman G1135 and of the beast G2342 that carries G941 her, which has G2192 the seven G2033 heads G2776 and the ten G1176 horns G2768.
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