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#3466 μυστήριον musterion {moos-tay'-ree-on}
from a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth); TDNT - 4:802,615; n n
—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) hidden thing, secret, mystery
1a) generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the
initiated and not to ordinary mortals
1b) a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding
1c) a hidden purpose or counsel
1c1) secret will
1c1a) of men
1c1b) 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
3) in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense:
of an OT saying, of an image or form seen in a vision, of a dream
—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
From a derivative of μύω [[muo]] (to shut the mouth); a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites):—mystery.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
- #3466.
- μυστη´ριον
- mustērion; from μυ´στης mustēs (one initiated); from 3453; a mystery or secret doctrine:—
- NASB - mysteries(5), mystery(22).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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