GreekG4639Noun (Feminine)

σκιά

skia

7Occurrences
G4639Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

"shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration))

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.shadow, shade, caused by interception of light
2.a shadow, the image or outline cast by an object
LXX: chiefly for צֵל, 4 ff., but σ. and σ. θανάτου are also used for צַלְמָוֶת, (1) (see ICC, in l)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

σκιά appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hebrews
2
Acts
1
Colossians
1
Luke
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Acts 5:15BSB

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.

Colossians 2:17BSB

These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

Hebrews 10:1BSB

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.

Hebrews 8:5BSB

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.”

Luke 1:79BSB

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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