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3466 – μυστήριον (musterion)

mystery


Type:
Noun
neut. ♁
Greek: μυστήριον (musterion)
Pronunciation: moos-tay-ree-on
Gematria: 1178(40 + 400 + 200 + 300 + 8 + 100 + 10 + 70 + 50)    words with the same gematria
Origin: From a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth)
Usage: 28 times in NA, 27 times in TR     

Description

  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: of an OT saying, of an image or form seen in a vision, of a dream.


Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into musterion :

רָזrazA7328mystery

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
N-APN-4
Noun Noun
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
N-ASN-9
Noun Noun
dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral
N-DSN-2
Noun Noun
gen. pl. neut. genitive plural Neutral
N-GPN-1
Noun Noun
gen. sing. neut. genitive singular Neutral
N-GSN-4
Noun Noun
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
N-NSN-8


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References (28 occurances in 28 verses)




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