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A secret or mystery, especially a divine secret revealed through prophetic vision or interpretation (Aramaic, used only in Daniel).
An Aramaic loanword from Persian, used exclusively in the book of Daniel to describe secrets that belong to God alone but which he graciously discloses to his servants. When Nebuchadnezzar demands both dream and interpretation, Daniel appeals to the 'God of heaven' who reveals mysteries (Dan 2:28). The multilingual evidence is strikingly unified: English 'mystery,' Spanish 'misterio,' and German 'Geheimnis' all converge on the same core meaning. This term became foundational for later apocalyptic and rabbinic vocabulary about divine disclosure.
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Senses
1. mystery, secret — A divine mystery or hidden secret, particularly one accessible only through God's revelation. All nine occurrences appear in Daniel 2 and 4, centering on Nebuchadnezzar's dream and the heavenly court's willingness to unveil what human wisdom cannot penetrate. The singular emphasizes a specific hidden matter (Dan 2:18, 2:27, 4:6), while the plural encompasses multiple divine secrets (Dan 2:28-29, 2:47). Translations across languages—English 'mystery,' Spanish 'misterio,' German 'Geheimnis'—uniformly point to concealed knowledge that requires supernatural disclosure. 9×
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AR["الأَسْرَارِ","السِّرِّ","الـ-سِّرَّ","الـ-سِّرُّ","سِرٍّ"]·ben["রহস্য","রহস্যের"]·DE["Geheimnis","das-Geheimnis"]·EN["mysteries","mystery","the-mystery"]·FR["[רז]","[רזיא]","[רזין]","le-secret","secret"]·heb["סוד","סודות"]·HI["भेद","भेदों"]·ID["rahasia","rahasia-rahasia"]·IT["il-segreto","segreto"]·jav["wadi","wewadi"]·KO["비밀","비밀-이","비밀들을","비밀들의","비밀을","비밀이"]·PT["mistério","mistérios","o-mistério"]·RU["-тайне","тайна","тайну","тайны"]·ES["el-misterio","misterio","misterios"]·SW["siri"]·TR["sır","sırları","sırrı","sırrın"]·urd["راز","راز-اس","راز-یہ","رازوں","رازوں-کے"]
Dan 2:18, Dan 2:19, Dan 2:27, Dan 2:28, Dan 2:29, Dan 2:30, Dan 2:47, Dan 2:47, Dan 4:9
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רָז n.m. Dn 2:18 secret (𝔗 id., Syriac ܪܳܙ, ܐܪܳܙ, ܪܳܐܙܳܐ; Pers. loan-word; = Phlv. rāž, N Pers. rāz AndrM 83 *);—abs. ר׳ Dn 4:6, emph. רָזָא 2:18, 19, 27, 30, 47; pl. abs. רָזִין v 28, 47, emph. רָזַיָּא v 29.