Divine revelation made known in a manner & time appointed by God. A profound secret kept cautiously concealed, a new truth, a new revelation that's been given from God, a hidden purpose or counsel; secret will.
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Mystery turned up in my search 22 times: Mk 4:11, Rom 11:25 16:25, 1 Cor 2:7, 15:51, Eph 1:9, 3:3,4,9, 5:32, 6:19, Col 1:26,27, 2:2, 4:3, 2 Thes 2:7, 1 Tim 3:9,16, Rev 1:20, 10:7, 17:5,7
21 of the times verses its Paul that God/Jesus reveals/gives these hidden mystery/secrets to. To share them will the world.
KJV Dictionary Definition: MYS'TERY, n. L. mysterium; Gr. a secret, hiding or shutting; to shut, to conceal.
1. A profound secret; something wholly unknown or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder.
MYSTERIAL - Definition from the KJV Dictionary
Definition of MYSTERIAL, MYSTERIOUS, MYSTERIOUSLY, MYSTERIOUSNESS, and MYSTERY from the King James Bible Dictionary
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon: Mystery
1. a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding: 1 Cor 13:2; 14:2; (of the secret rites of the Gentiles, Wis. 14:15, 23).
2. a hidden purpose or counsel; secret will. Thayer's Greek: 3466. μυστήριον (mustérion) -- a mystery or secret doctrine
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. Topic: Mystery<3466>
Phil. 4:12, mueomai, "I have learned the secret. In the NT it denotes, not the mysterious, but that which, being outside the range of unassisted natural apprehension, can be made known only by Divine revelation, and is made known in a manner and at a time appointed by God, and to those only who are illumined by His Spirit.
In the ordinary sense a "mystery" implies knowledge withheld; its Scriptual significance is truth revealed. Hence the terms especially associated with the subject are "made known," "manifested," "revealed," "preached," "understand," "dispensation." The definition given above may be best illustrated by the following passage: "the mystery which hath been hid from all ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to His saints" (Col. 1:26, RV)
(b) Christ, who is God Himself revealed under the conditions of human life, Col. 2:2; 4:3, and submitting even to death, 1 Cor. 2:1,7 but raised from among the dead, 1 Tim. 3:16, that the will of God to cordinate the universe in Him, and subject it to Him, might in due time be accomplished, Eph. 1:9, as is declared in the gospel, Rom. 16:25; Eph. 6:19;
(c) the Church, which is Christ's Body, i.e., the union of redeemed men with God in Christ, Eph. 5:32 (cp. Col. 1:27);
(d) the rapture into the presence of Christ of those members of the Church which is His Body who shall be alive on the earth at His Parousia, 1 Cor. 15:51;
Mystery - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Of the 22 verses I found in my search find 2 here:
Col 1:27 God [in His eternal plan] chose to make known to them how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in and among you, the hope and guarantee of [realizing the] glory.
(MY MOTE: My favorite, Christ IN & AMOUNG you. Also see Matt 18:20 For where two or three are gathered in My name [meeting together as My followers], I am there among them.)
1 Cor 15:
51 Listen very carefully, I tell you a mystery [a secret truth decreed by God and previously hidden, but now revealed]; we will not all sleep [in death], but we will all be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed],
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [the sound of] the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [who believed in Christ] will be raised imperishable, and we will be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed].
(MY NOTE: Most intriguing, I show you a mystery/a profound hidden secret/a revelation that's now being given from God. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a Nano-second, at the last trumpet & will be raised, eternally imperishable. AMEM)
Find 2 bible dictionary's, 1 Greek Lexicon with links below.
Mystery turned up in my search 22 times: Mk 4:11, Rom 11:25 16:25, 1 Cor 2:7, 15:51, Eph 1:9, 3:3,4,9, 5:32, 6:19, Col 1:26,27, 2:2, 4:3, 2 Thes 2:7, 1 Tim 3:9,16, Rev 1:20, 10:7, 17:5,7
21 of the times verses its Paul that God/Jesus reveals/gives these hidden mystery/secrets to. To share them will the world.
KJV Dictionary Definition: MYS'TERY, n. L. mysterium; Gr. a secret, hiding or shutting; to shut, to conceal.
1. A profound secret; something wholly unknown or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder.
MYSTERIAL - Definition from the KJV Dictionary
Definition of MYSTERIAL, MYSTERIOUS, MYSTERIOUSLY, MYSTERIOUSNESS, and MYSTERY from the King James Bible Dictionary
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon: Mystery
1. a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding: 1 Cor 13:2; 14:2; (of the secret rites of the Gentiles, Wis. 14:15, 23).
2. a hidden purpose or counsel; secret will. Thayer's Greek: 3466. μυστήριον (mustérion) -- a mystery or secret doctrine
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. Topic: Mystery<3466>
Phil. 4:12, mueomai, "I have learned the secret. In the NT it denotes, not the mysterious, but that which, being outside the range of unassisted natural apprehension, can be made known only by Divine revelation, and is made known in a manner and at a time appointed by God, and to those only who are illumined by His Spirit.
In the ordinary sense a "mystery" implies knowledge withheld; its Scriptual significance is truth revealed. Hence the terms especially associated with the subject are "made known," "manifested," "revealed," "preached," "understand," "dispensation." The definition given above may be best illustrated by the following passage: "the mystery which hath been hid from all ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to His saints" (Col. 1:26, RV)
(b) Christ, who is God Himself revealed under the conditions of human life, Col. 2:2; 4:3, and submitting even to death, 1 Cor. 2:1,7 but raised from among the dead, 1 Tim. 3:16, that the will of God to cordinate the universe in Him, and subject it to Him, might in due time be accomplished, Eph. 1:9, as is declared in the gospel, Rom. 16:25; Eph. 6:19;
(c) the Church, which is Christ's Body, i.e., the union of redeemed men with God in Christ, Eph. 5:32 (cp. Col. 1:27);
(d) the rapture into the presence of Christ of those members of the Church which is His Body who shall be alive on the earth at His Parousia, 1 Cor. 15:51;
Mystery - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Of the 22 verses I found in my search find 2 here:
Col 1:27 God [in His eternal plan] chose to make known to them how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in and among you, the hope and guarantee of [realizing the] glory.
(MY MOTE: My favorite, Christ IN & AMOUNG you. Also see Matt 18:20 For where two or three are gathered in My name [meeting together as My followers], I am there among them.)
1 Cor 15:
51 Listen very carefully, I tell you a mystery [a secret truth decreed by God and previously hidden, but now revealed]; we will not all sleep [in death], but we will all be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed],
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [the sound of] the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [who believed in Christ] will be raised imperishable, and we will be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed].
(MY NOTE: Most intriguing, I show you a mystery/a profound hidden secret/a revelation that's now being given from God. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a Nano-second, at the last trumpet & will be raised, eternally imperishable. AMEM)