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רָז

raz · mystery, secret

Aramaic word · Strong’s number H7328 · appears 9 times in the Bible

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What it means

raz (רָז) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “mystery, secret”.

(Aramaic): something hidden that only God can reveal.

How to say it

raz

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A secret only God can make known.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • mystery ×6
  • mysteries ×3

Where it appears

  • Daniel 2:18

    and told them to ask for compassion from before the Elah of the heavens concerning this mystery, so that they would not destroy Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

  • Daniel 2:19

    Then to Daniel the mystery was revealed in the vision of the night; then Daniel blessed the Elah of the heavens.

  • Daniel 2:27

    Daniel answered before the king and said, “The mystery that the king asks, no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or diviners are able to declare to the king.

  • Daniel 2:28

    But there is an Elah in the heavens who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the last days. Your dream and the visions of your head on your bed are these:

  • Daniel 2:29

    You, O king, your thoughts on your bed came up about what will be after this; and the one who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will be.

  • Daniel 2:30

    And as for me, not by wisdom that is in me more than in all the living has this mystery been revealed to me, but so that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

  • Daniel 2:47

    The king answered Daniel and said, “Truly your Elah is Elah of gods and lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.”

  • Daniel 4:9

    “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no mystery is too hard for you, tell the visions of my dream that I saw and its interpretation.

And 1 more times.