{"def":{"short":"a secret or \"mystery\" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)","long":["hidden thing, secret, mystery",["generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals","a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding","a hidden purpose or counsel",["secret will",["of men","of God: the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly"]]],"in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense: of an Old Testament saying, of an image or form seen in a vision, of a dream"]},"deriv":"from a derivative of μύω (to shut the mouth)","pronun":{"ipa":"myˈste.ri.on","ipa_mod":"mjuˈste̞.ri.own","sbl":"mystērion","dic":"moo-STAY-ree-one","dic_mod":"myoo-STAY-ree-one"}}