What does μυστήριον · Χριστός mean in the Bible?
μυστήριον · Χριστός is a Greek phrase meaning "a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)".
Greek · G3466, G5547
μυστηρίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Mystery · anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
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μυστήριον G3466 mystery
Pronunciation mystḗrion
God's hidden counsel now revealed through Christ and the Gospel, not inherently unknowable.
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Χριστός G5547 anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Pronunciation Christós
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What does μυστηρίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ (mystēriō tou Christou) mean in the Bible?
μυστήριον · Χριστός is a Greek phrase meaning "a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3466, G5547?
G3466, G5547 is connected to 26 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)
Source Gloss
a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 26 Case pattern Accusative (12) Number pattern Singular (21)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 4:11 · Eph 3:3 · Eph 5:32 · 2 Thess 2:7 · 1 Tim 3:16 · Rev 1:20 · Rev 10:7 · Rev 17:5 8×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Eph 3:9 · Col 1:27 · Col 2:2 3×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 4:1 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 2:7 · Eph 3:4 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rom 11:25 · 1 Cor 15:51 · Eph 1:9 · Eph 6:19 · Col 1:26 · Col 4:3 · 1 Tim 3:9 · Rev 17:7 8×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:11 · Luke 8:10 · 1 Cor 13:2 · 1 Cor 14:2 4×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain