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Strong's #3466 - μυστήριον
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μυστήρι-ον, τό, (μύστης, μυέω)
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1. mystery or secret rite: mostly in pl., τὰ μ. the mysteries, first in Heraclit. 14, cf. Hdt. 2.51 (of the mysteries of the Cabiri in Samothrace), etc.; esp. those of Demeter at Eleusis, A. Fr. 479, S. Fr. 804, E. Supp. 173, Ar. Ra. 887, etc.; μυστηρίοις τοῖς μείζοσιν, τοῖς ὀλείζοσιν μ., IG 12.6.93,96; but usu., τὰ μεγάλα, τὰ μικρὰ μ., Sch. Ar. Pl. 846, cf. IG 12.313.144, 22.1672.4, Pl. Grg. 497c, etc.; πρὸ τῶν μεγάλων μ. τὰ μικρὰ παραδοτέον Iamb. Protr. 2; ἀπιέναι πρὸ τῶν μ., i.e. before you have reached the heart of the matter, Pl. Men. 76e; τὰ τῆς θεοῦ (sc. Μεγάλης Μητρὸς) μ. OGI 540.21 (Pessinus, i A.D.); οἱ θεοὶ οἷς τὰ μ. ἐπιτελεῖται IG 5(1).1390.2 (Andania, i B.C.); τὰ μ. ποιεῖν And. 1.11, Lys. 14.42, cf. Th. 6.28 (Pass.); μ. ἐρεῖν And.l.c.: later in sg., PMag.Leid.W. 3.42 (ii/iii A.D.).
2. mystic implements and ornaments, σεμνὰ στεμμάτων μυστήρια E. Supp. 470; esp. properties, such as were carried to Eleusis at the celebration of the mysteries, ὄνος ἄγω μυστήρια, prov. of an over-loaded beast, Ar. Ra. 159. later, object used in magical rites, talisman, δότε πνεῦμα τῷ ὑπ' ἐμοῦ κατεσκευασμένῳ μ. PMag.Leid.V. 10.19 (iii/iv A.D.).
3. metaph., ὕπνος, τὰ μικρὰ τοῦ θανάτου μ. Mnesim. 11; τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς σεμνὸν μ., of the military sacramentum, Hdn. 8.7.4: generally, mystery, secret, Pl. Tht. 156a; μυστήριόν σου μὴ κατείπῃς τῷ φίλῳ Men. 695, cf. LXX Si. 27.16, To. 12.7; προσήγγειλε τὰ μ. τοῖς πολεμίοις ib. 2 Maccabees 13:21; μυστήρια βίου Sor. 1.3; τοὐμὸν τὸ μ. [the remedy] is my secret, Aret. CD 2.7: hence, of a medicine, Gal. 13.96, Alex.Trall. 5.4.
4. secret revealed by God, i.e. religious or mystical truth, Corp. Herm. 1.16, etc.; τὰ μ. τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν Matthew 13:11; πνεύματι λαλεῖν μυστήρια 1 Corinthians 14:2; τὸ μ. τῆς ἀνομίας the mystery of iniquity, 2 Thessalonians 2:7; τὸν Ἀντιπάτρου βίον οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοιτις εἰπὼν κακίας μ. J. BJ 1.24.1; esp. of the Gospel or parts of it, τὸ μ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ephesians 6:19; cf. Ephesians 3:9, Colossians 1:26, al.; symbol, τὸ μ. τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀστέρων Revelation 1:20; cf. Revelation 17:7.
5. σύνηθές τι μ. some vulgar superstition, Sor. 1.4.
II Dionysius the tyrant called mouse-holes μυστήρια (μῦς, τηρεῖν), Ath. 3.98d.
μυστήρισν , -ου , τό
(< μυέω ),
[in LXX: Da LXX TH Daniel 2:18 ff. (H7328), Tobit 12:7; Tobit 12:11, Judith 2:2, Wisdom of Solomon 2:22; Wisdom of Solomon 6:22; Wisdom of Solomon 14:15; Wisdom of Solomon 14:23, Sirach 3:18; Sirach 22:22; Sirach 27:16-17; Sirach 27:21, 2 Maccabees 13:21 *;]
1. that which is known to the μύστης (initiated), a mystery or secret doctrine, mostly in pl., τὰ μ . (Æsch., Hdt., al.).
2. In later writers (Menand., Incert., 168), that which may not be revealed (not, however, as in the modern sense, intrinsically difficult to understand), a secret or mystery of any kind (To, Jth, 2Mac, ll, c.).
3. In NT, of the counsels of God (cf. Th.: Job 15:8, Psalms 25:14 for H5475), once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof;
(a) of the Christian revelation generally : Romans 16:25, 1 Corinthians 2:7, Colossians 1:26-27, Ephesians 3:3; Ephesians 3:9; τ . βασιλείας τ . θεοῦ , Mark 4:11; τ . θεοῦ , 1 Corinthians 2:1, Revelation 10:7; τ . θ ., Χριστοῦ , Colossians 2:2; τ . Χριστοῦ ,, Colossians 4:3, Ephesians 3:4; τ . θελήματος αὐτοῦ , Ephesians 1:9; τ . εὐαγγελίον , Ephesians 6:19; τ . πίστεως ,, 1 Timothy 3:9; τ . εὐσεβείας , 1 Timothy 3:16;
(b) of particular truths, or details, of the Christian revelation : Romans 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:51, Ephesians 5:32, 2 Thessalonians 2:7, Revelation 1:20; Revelation 17:5; Revelation 17:7; pl., τὰ μ ., 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 14:2; θεοῦ , 1 Corinthians 4:1; τ . βασιλείας τ . οὐρανῶν (θεοῦ ), Matthew 13:11, Luke 8:10 (cf. Westc., Eph., 180 ff.; AR, Eph., 234 ff.; Lft., Col., 165 f.; Hatch, Essays, 57 f.; DB, iii, 465 ff.; DCG, ii, 213 ff.).†
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For νυμφίος, ";bridegroom,"; see the late CPR I. 30.37 (vi/A.D.), and from the inscrr. Syll 615 ( = .3 1024).33 f. (c. B.C. 200) ὧν οἱ νυμφίοι θύ [ου ]σιν τῶν ἀρ [ν ]ῶν τῶι ἱερεῖ καὶ τῶι νυμφίωι γλῶσσα ἑκατέρωι, and the sepulchral inscr. Preisigke 10 Ἰοάνη Ἰοάνου νύμφιε ἄωρε πασίφιλε καὶ ἄλυπε χρηστὲ χαῖρε, ὡς (ἐτῶν) λ ̄.
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