mystērion · mystery

What it means

mystērion (μυστήριον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mystery”.

What was hidden and God makes known.

How to say it

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. Something hidden that God now makes known.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

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

• mystery ×21
• mysteries ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×5
• Ephesians×6
• Colossians×4
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×2
• Revelation×4

• Matthew 13:11

  But he answered and said to them, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

• Mark 4:11

  And he was saying to them, “To you the mystery of the kingdom of God has been given; but for those outside, everything comes in parables,

• Luke 8:10

  And he said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

• Romans 11:25

  For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of this mystery, so that you may not be wise in your own estimation: that a hardening in part has come upon Israel until the fullness of the nations has come in;

• 1 Corinthians 2:7

  But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God destined beforehand before the ages for our glory,

• 1 Corinthians 4:1

  This is how one should regard us: as attendants of the Messiah and stewards of the mysteries of God.

• 1 Corinthians 13:2

  And if I have prophecy and know all the mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

• 1 Corinthians 14:2

  For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God; for no one understands him, but by the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

• 1 Corinthians 15:51

  Look, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,

• Ephesians 1:9

  having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him,

• Ephesians 3:3

  how by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in brief,

• Ephesians 3:4

  by which, when you read, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of the Messiah,

• Ephesians 3:9

  and to bring to light for all what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages in God, who created all things,

• Ephesians 5:32

  This mystery is great; but I am speaking about the Messiah and about the assembly.

• Ephesians 6:19

  and for me, that a word may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the good news,

• Colossians 1:26

  the mystery that has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but now has been made manifest to his saints,

• Colossians 1:27

  to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is the Messiah in you, the hope of glory.

• Colossians 2:2

  so that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, for the knowledge of the mystery of God, the Messiah,

• Colossians 4:3

  praying at the same time also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of the Messiah, because of which I am also in chains,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:7

  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only the one who restrains does so now until he is taken out of the way.

• 1 Timothy 3:9

  holding the mystery of the faith with a clean conscience.

• 1 Timothy 3:16

  And beyond dispute, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, was declared righteous in the spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in the world, was taken up in glory.

• Revelation 1:20

  As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw on my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies, and the seven lampstands are the seven assemblies.”

• Revelation 10:7

  but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to blow his trumpet, then the mystery of God is completed, as he announced it as good news to his slaves the prophets.

• Revelation 17:5

  and on her forehead a name written, a mystery: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.”

• Revelation 17:7

  And the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.