Mystery
רָזStrong’s H7328raz
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Raz is the Aramaic word usually translated “secret the”, “secrets” and “secret”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.”
Meaning
- Secret
How it's translated
- secret the 5
- secrets 3
- secret 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 8
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:19In contextThen was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
- Daniel 2:27In contextDaniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
- Daniel 2:28In contextBut there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
- Daniel 2:29In contextAs for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
- Daniel 2:30In contextBut as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
- Daniel 2:47In contextThe king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
Aramaic dictionary
רָז raz · mystery
secret
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mystery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MYS'TERY, noun
[Latin mysterium; Gr. a secret. This word in Greek is rendered also murium latibulum; but probably both senses are from that of hiding or shutting; Gr. to shut, to conceal.
- A profound secret; something wholly unknown or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; such as the mystery of the man with the iron mask in France.
- In religion, any thing in the character or attributes of
- That which is beyond human comprehension until explained.“Great is the mystery of godliness” 1 Timothy 3:16“Having made known to us the mystery of his will” Ephesians 1:9“We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery” 1 Corinthians 2:7
- An enigma; any thing artfully made difficult.
All definitions
- A kind of ancient dramatic representation.
- A trade; a calling; any mechanical occupation which supposes skill or knowledge peculiar to those who carry it on, and therefore a secret to others.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.