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3466 ~μυστήριον~ musterion \@moos-tay’-ree-on\@ from a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth); n n AV-mystery 27; 27
- 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
- 2) in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense
- 2a) of an OT saying
- 2b) of an image or form seen in a vision
- 2c) of a dream