σκιά
skia
“shadow”
Definition
"shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration))
apparently a primary word;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
σκιά appears 7 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
to shine on those who live in darknessand in the shadow of death,to guide our feetinto the path of peace.”
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