Strong's Number G3466

μυστήριον

musterion · moos-tay'-ree-on

Transliteration:

musterion{moos-tay'-ree-on}

Word Origin:

from a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth)

TDNT:

4:802,615

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)

Usage in the KJV:

mystery 27

Total: 27
Occurs 27 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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
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