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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 - He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, 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 it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all these 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 others in parables; 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 would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part hath happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall 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 gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which hath been kept secret since the world began,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world to 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 of the ministers 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 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:2 - For he that speaketh in an unknown language, speaketh not to men, but to God: for no man understandeth him; yet in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, 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 hath purposed in himself:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:3 - That by revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:4 - By which when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 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:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:32 - This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:19 - And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:26 - Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages, and from generations, but now is 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 is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:2 - That their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:3 - At the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now restraineth will restrain, until he be taken out of the way.

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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 without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:20 - The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

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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 shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5 - And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND 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 didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
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