secret or "mystery

(), or , mostly in pl., (Æsch., Hdt., al.). that which is known to the a mystery secret doctrine μύστης τὰ μ. initiated In later writers (Menand., , 168), that which may not be revealed (not, however, as in the modern sense, intrinsically difficult to understand), a or of any kind (, , , ). Incert. secret mystery To 12:7 11 Jth 2:2 II Mac 13:21 In NT, of the counsels of God (cf. Th.: , for ), once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof; Jb 15:8 Ps 24 (25):14 סוֹד of the Christian revelation generally: , , , , , ; , ; , , ; , ; , , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; Ro 16:25 I Co 2:7 Col 1:26 27 Eph 3:3 9 Mk 4:11 I Co 2:1 Re 10:7 Col 2:2 Col 4:3 Eph 3:4 Eph 1:9 Eph 6:19 I Ti 3:9 I Ti 3:16 τ. βασιλείας τ. θεοῦ τ. θεοῦ τ. θ., Χριστοῦ τ. Χριστοῦ τ. θελήματος αὐτοῦ τ. εὐαγγελίου τ. πίστεως τ. εὐσεβείας of particular truths, or details, of the Christian revelation: , , , , , ; pl., , ; , ; (), , (cf. Westc., , 180 ff.; AR, , 234 ff.; Lft., , 165 f.; Hatch, , 57 f.; , iii, 465 ff.; , ii, 213 ff.).† Ro 11:25 I Co 15:51 Eph 5:32 II Th 2:7 Re 1:20 17:5 7 I Co 13:2 14:2 I Co 4:1 Mt 13:11 Lk 8:10 τὰ μ. θεοῦ τ. βασιλείας τ. οὐρανῶν θεοῦ Eph. Eph. Col. Essays DB DCG

a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)

mystery