μυστήριον

musthvrion musthvrion,
musthrivou,
tov (
muvsth" (one initiated; from
muevw, which see)), in classical Greek a hidden thing, secret, mystery:
musthvrion
sou
mhv
kateiph"
tw'/
filw', Menander; plural generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to be communicated by them to ordinary mortals; (cf. K. F. Hermann, Gottesdienstl. Alterth?mer der Griechen, sec. 32). In the Scriptures:1. a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding: ; ; (of the secret rites of the Gentiles, Sap. ,).2. a hidden purpose or counsel; secret will: of men,
tou'
basilevw", ,;
th'"
boulh'"
aujtou', ; of God:
musthvria
Qeou', the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly, Sap. . In the N. T., God's plan of providing salvation for men through Christ, which was once hidden but now is revealed: ; (on this see
ejn, I. 5 f.); ; f; with
tou'
qelhvmato"
aujtou' added, ;
tou'
Qeou', which God formed, ; ( WH text);
tou'
Cristou', respecting Christ, ;
tou'
eujaggelivou, which is contained and announced in the gospel, ;
ejtelevsqh
tov
musthvrion
tou'
Qeou', said of the consummation of this purpose, to be looked for when Christ returns, ;
tav
musthvria
th'"
basileiva"
tw'n
oujranw'n or
tou'
Qeou', the secret purposes relative to the kingdom of God, ; ; ; used of certain single events decreed by God having reference to his kingdom or the salvation of men, ; ; of God's purpose to bless the Gentiles also with salvation through Christ (cf. Lightfoot on ), , cf. ; with
tou'
Cristou' added, ;
oijkonovmoi
musthrivwn
Qeou', the stewards of God's mysteries, i. e. those intrusted with the announcement of God's secret purposes to men, ; used generally, of Christian truth as hidden from ungodly men: with the addition of
th'"
pivstew",
th'"
eujsebeiva", which faith and godliness embrace and keep, ,;
tov
musthvrion
th'"
ajnomiva" the mystery of lawlessness, the secret purpose formed by lawlessness, seems to be a tacit antithesis to God's saving purpose, .3. Like az:r; and d/s in rabbinic writers, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense: of an O. T. saying, ; of a name, ; of an image or form seen in a vision, ; ; of a dream, (Theodotion) f,27-30, where the Septuagint so renders zr;. (The Vulgate translates the word sacramentum in ; ; ; Sap. ; ; ,; <<ref:BHS/