1. mystery, secret — A divine secret or mystery, especially God's redemptive plan hidden in past ages but now revealed through Christ and the apostles. Singular and plural forms share identical semantics across all NT occurrences: eng 'mystery/mysteries,' spa 'misterio/misterios,' hin 'rahasya/bhed,' arb 'sirr/asrar,' kor 'bimil,' swa 'siri/mafumbo.' The three clusters are purely inflectional variants (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive in both singular and plural). 27×
AR["السِّرَّ","السِّرُّ","السِّرِّ","سِرًّا","سِرٌّ","سِرٍّ","سِرَّ","سِرُّ","سِرِّ","هٰذا-السِّرِّ"]·ben["নিগূঢ়","রহস্য","রহস্য-কে","রহস্য-র","রহস্য:","রহস্যে","রহস্যে,","রহস্যের"]·DE["Geheimnis"]·EN["a-mystery","mystery"]·FR["mystère"]·heb["הַ-סּוֹד","הַסּוֹד","סוֹד","סוֹד-הַ-","רָז"]·HI["के","भेद","रहस्य"]·ID["MISTERI","Rahasia","misteri","rahasia","rahasia,"]·IT["mistero"]·jav["wewadi","wewadi,","wewadi:","wewados"]·KO["비밀","비밀-은","비밀-을","비밀에","비밀을","비밀을,","비밀의","비밀의,","비밀이","비밀이,","비밀이:","비밀이라"]·PT["mistério","mistério,"]·RU["Тайна","тайна","тайна,","тайне","тайну","тайну,","тайны","тайны,","этой"]·ES["misterio"]·SW["Siri","siri","siri,"]·TR["-de-","-nin-","sir","sirri","sirrin","sirrini","sır","sırrı","sırrını"]·urd["بھید","بھید-کے","بھید:"]
Matt 13:11, Mark 4:11, Luke 8:10, Rom 11:25, Rom 16:25, 1 Cor 2:7, 1 Cor 4:1, 1 Cor 13:2, 1 Cor 14:2, 1 Cor 15:51, Eph 1:9, Eph 3:3 (+15 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
μυστήρι-ον, τό, (μύστης, μυέω) mystery or secret rite: mostly in plural, τὰ μ. the mysteries, first in Refs 5th c.BC+ (of the mysteries of the Cabiri in Samothrace), etc.; especially those of Demeter at Eleusis, Refs 5th c.BC+; μυστηρίοις τοῖς μείζοσιν, τοῖς ὀλείζοσιν μ., Refs; but usually, τὰ μεγάλα, τὰ μικρὰ μ., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀπιέναι πρὸ τῶν μ., i.e. before you have reached the heart of the…