<OL TYPE="1"><LI>hidden thing, secret, mystery<OL TYPE="a"><LI>generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals<LI>a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding<LI>a hidden purpose or counsel<OL TYPE="1"><LI>secret will 1c</OL><LI>of men 1c<LI>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</OL><LI>in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense<OL TYPE="a"><LI>of an OT saying<LI>of an image or form seen in a vision<LI>of a dream</OL></OL>