Strong's Greek · G3466
G3466 mystḗrion
μυστήριον
moos-tay'-ree-on
mystery
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mystḗrion appears 27 times in Scripture, including Matthew 13:11 and Mark 4:11. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)
In the King James Version
mystery
Derivation
from a derivative of μύω (to shut the mouth);
Appears 27 times in Scripture
“Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past”
“For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.”
“He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.”
“He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,”
“No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.”
“I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.”
“So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.”
“He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’”
“Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—”
“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
