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Lexicon :: Strong's G3466 - mystērion

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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:11 - And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25 - For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:25 - Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my glad tidings and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, as to which silence has been kept in the times of the ages,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:1 - Let a man so account of us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2 - And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:2 - For he that speaks with a tongue does not speak to men but to God: for no one hears; but in spirit he speaks mysteries.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:3 - that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:4 - by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:9 - and to enlighten all with the knowledge of what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:32 - This mystery is great, but *I* speak as to Christ, and as to the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:19 - and for me in order that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the glad tidings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26 - the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:27 - to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you the hope of glory:

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:2 - to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:3 - praying at the same time for us also, that God may open to us a door of the word to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which also I am bound,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7 - For the mystery of lawlessness already works; only there is he who restrains now until he be gone,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:9 - holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16 - And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in the Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among the nations, has been believed on in the world, has been received up in glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:20 - The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. -- The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:7 - but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God also shall be completed, as he has made known the glad tidings to his own bondmen the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5 - and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:7 - And the angel said to me, Why hast thou wondered? *I* will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
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