Strong G4639σκιά
shadow
- Transliteration
- skia
- Pronunciation
- skee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; shade or a shadow (literally or figuratively [darkness of error or an adumbration]): - shadow.
Detailed definition
σκιά, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for צֵל, 4Ki.20:9 ff., Psa.57:1, al.; but σ. and σ. θανάτου are also used for צַלְמָוֶת, Job.3:5, Psa.3:4, Isa.9:2 (1) (see ICC, in l), al.;]
1. shadow, shade, caused by interception of light: Mrk.4:32, Act.5:15; metaphorically, σ. θανάτου, of ignorance and error, Mat.4:16, Luk.1:79" (LXX).
2. a shadow, the image or outline cast by an object: figuratively, ὑπόδειγμα καὶ σ., Heb.8:5; opposite to σῶμα, Col.2:17; opposite to εἰκών, Heb.10:1.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for צֵל, 4Ki.20:9 ff., Psa.57:1, al.; but σ. and σ. θανάτου are also used for צַלְמָוֶת, Job.3:5, Psa.3:4, Isa.9:2 (1) (see ICC, in l), al.;]
1. shadow, shade, caused by interception of light: Mrk.4:32, Act.5:15; metaphorically, σ. θανάτου, of ignorance and error, Mat.4:16, Luk.1:79" (LXX).
2. a shadow, the image or outline cast by an object: figuratively, ὑπόδειγμα καὶ σ., Heb.8:5; opposite to σῶμα, Col.2:17; opposite to εἰκών, Heb.10:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4639 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shadow7
First verses
- Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
- Mark 4:32But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
- Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
- Acts 5:15Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
- Colossians 2:17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
- Hebrews 8:5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
- Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
σκῐά, ᾶς,
Ionic dialect σκῐή, ῆς, ἡ, shadow, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.207)]; σκιὰ ἀντίστοιχος ὥς like the shadow that is one's double, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 745; ὑπὸ κίονος σκιὰν ἔπτηξεν [prev. author] “HF” 973: proverbial, τὴν αὑτοῦ σ. δέδοικεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 77, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 101d.)]
2 reflection, image (in a bowl of oil), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.755.)]
3 shade of one dead, phantom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.495, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 992 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1257; σποδόν τε καὶ σκιάν [prev. author] “El.” 1159)]; κατθανὼν δὲ πᾶς ἀνὴρ γῆ καὶ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 532; σκιᾷ τινι λόγους ἀνέσπα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 301)]; also, of one worn to a shadow, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 302)]; κακωθεὶς δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἄλλ᾽ εἰμ᾽ ἢ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Niob.” in “Bull.Soc.Alex.” No.; φωνὴ καὶ σ. γέρων ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 509)]: frequently in proverbs of man's mortal estate, σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.95; εἴδωλον σκιᾶς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 839, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 659.6)]; ὁρῶ γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα.. ἢ κούφην σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 126; ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σ. μόνον [prev. author] “fragment” 13; οὐδέν ἐσμεν πλὴν σκιαῖς ἐοικότες [prev. author] “fragment” 945)]; of human affairs, εὐτυχοῦντα μὲν σκιᾷ τις ἂν πρέψειεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1328 (uncertain reading))]; οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἢ καπνοῦ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 399; καπνοῦ σκιὰν δέδοικεν “Comica Adespota” 692)]; of worthless things, τἄλλ᾽ ἐγὼ καπνοῦ σκιᾶς οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1170, compare “Ph.” 946; καπνοὺς καὶ σκιάς 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 51; ὅσ᾽ ἂν γένηται ταῦτα πάντ᾽ ὄνου σκιά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 331)]; περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς [μάχεσθαι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 191, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260c; 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus)] wrote a Comedy texts entitled Ὄνου σκι; ἡ ἐν Δελφοῖς σ. that phantom at Delphi, of the Amphictyonic council, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.25)]; αἱ τοῦ δικαίου σ. mere shadows of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 517d; σκιαὶ καὶ ἐν ὕδασιν εἰκόνες [prev. work] 510e)]; σκιαὶ τῶν ὄντων, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ εἰδώλων σ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 532c; στιγμὴ ἢ σ. τούτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.115; ἂν ἔχῃ φίλου σκιάν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 554.)]
4 evil spirit, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Hippiatr. 130, “PMasp.” 188.5 (6th c.AD).)]
II shade of trees, etc., as a protection from heat, πετραίη τε σκιή the shade of a rock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 589)]; ἐν σκιῇ ἑζόμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 593; ἐν συμμιγεῖ σκιᾷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 239c; εἰ ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο ἡ μάχη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.226; ὑπὸ σκιᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 458; εἰσελθὼν ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν καθέζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38; θέρους σκιὰν παρέχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 76d)]; ἐν σκιᾷ, i.e. indoors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.18, compare “Cyn.” 3.3)]; σκιὰν ὑπερτείνασα Σειρίου κυνός shade from its heat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 967: _plural_, αἱ τῶν δένδρων, αἱ τῶν πετρῶν σ., 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.17; ὑπὸ σκιαῖς [prev. author] “Oec.” 20.18, compare 5.9.)]
III shadow in painting, τὰ λαμπρὰ τῇ σκιᾷ τρανότερα ποιοῦσι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.863e, compare 407a, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isaeo” 4, 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 17.3)]; ἀνθρώπων πρῶτος ἐξευρὼν φθορὰν καὶ ἀπόχρωσιν σκιᾶς, of the painter Apollodorus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.346a, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
III.2 silhouette, profile, Διόδωρος σ. Ἀντιφίλου ἐποίησεν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Sammelb.” 344 (Alexandria, 2nd c.BC).)]
III.3 perhaps coloured border on a garment, καλάσηριν ἢ ὑπόδυμα μὴ ἔχον σκιάς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.19, compare 24 (Andania, 1st c.BC),compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 561, “BGU” 1141.41, 43 (1st c.BC).)]
IV an uninvited guest, introduced by another (Latin umbra), [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.707a, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 110)]. (Cf. Sanskrit chāyā´ 'shadow'.)
Ionic dialect σκῐή, ῆς, ἡ, shadow, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.207)]; σκιὰ ἀντίστοιχος ὥς like the shadow that is one's double, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 745; ὑπὸ κίονος σκιὰν ἔπτηξεν [prev. author] “HF” 973: proverbial, τὴν αὑτοῦ σ. δέδοικεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 77, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 101d.)]
2 reflection, image (in a bowl of oil), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.755.)]
3 shade of one dead, phantom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.495, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 992 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1257; σποδόν τε καὶ σκιάν [prev. author] “El.” 1159)]; κατθανὼν δὲ πᾶς ἀνὴρ γῆ καὶ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 532; σκιᾷ τινι λόγους ἀνέσπα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 301)]; also, of one worn to a shadow, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 302)]; κακωθεὶς δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἄλλ᾽ εἰμ᾽ ἢ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Niob.” in “Bull.Soc.Alex.” No.; φωνὴ καὶ σ. γέρων ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 509)]: frequently in proverbs of man's mortal estate, σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.95; εἴδωλον σκιᾶς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 839, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 659.6)]; ὁρῶ γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα.. ἢ κούφην σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 126; ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σ. μόνον [prev. author] “fragment” 13; οὐδέν ἐσμεν πλὴν σκιαῖς ἐοικότες [prev. author] “fragment” 945)]; of human affairs, εὐτυχοῦντα μὲν σκιᾷ τις ἂν πρέψειεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1328 (uncertain reading))]; οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἢ καπνοῦ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 399; καπνοῦ σκιὰν δέδοικεν “Comica Adespota” 692)]; of worthless things, τἄλλ᾽ ἐγὼ καπνοῦ σκιᾶς οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1170, compare “Ph.” 946; καπνοὺς καὶ σκιάς 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 51; ὅσ᾽ ἂν γένηται ταῦτα πάντ᾽ ὄνου σκιά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 331)]; περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς [μάχεσθαι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 191, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260c; 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus)] wrote a Comedy texts entitled Ὄνου σκι; ἡ ἐν Δελφοῖς σ. that phantom at Delphi, of the Amphictyonic council, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.25)]; αἱ τοῦ δικαίου σ. mere shadows of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 517d; σκιαὶ καὶ ἐν ὕδασιν εἰκόνες [prev. work] 510e)]; σκιαὶ τῶν ὄντων, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ εἰδώλων σ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 532c; στιγμὴ ἢ σ. τούτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.115; ἂν ἔχῃ φίλου σκιάν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 554.)]
4 evil spirit, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Hippiatr. 130, “PMasp.” 188.5 (6th c.AD).)]
II shade of trees, etc., as a protection from heat, πετραίη τε σκιή the shade of a rock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 589)]; ἐν σκιῇ ἑζόμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 593; ἐν συμμιγεῖ σκιᾷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 239c; εἰ ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο ἡ μάχη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.226; ὑπὸ σκιᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 458; εἰσελθὼν ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν καθέζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38; θέρους σκιὰν παρέχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 76d)]; ἐν σκιᾷ, i.e. indoors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.18, compare “Cyn.” 3.3)]; σκιὰν ὑπερτείνασα Σειρίου κυνός shade from its heat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 967: _plural_, αἱ τῶν δένδρων, αἱ τῶν πετρῶν σ., 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.17; ὑπὸ σκιαῖς [prev. author] “Oec.” 20.18, compare 5.9.)]
III shadow in painting, τὰ λαμπρὰ τῇ σκιᾷ τρανότερα ποιοῦσι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.863e, compare 407a, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isaeo” 4, 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 17.3)]; ἀνθρώπων πρῶτος ἐξευρὼν φθορὰν καὶ ἀπόχρωσιν σκιᾶς, of the painter Apollodorus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.346a, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
III.2 silhouette, profile, Διόδωρος σ. Ἀντιφίλου ἐποίησεν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Sammelb.” 344 (Alexandria, 2nd c.BC).)]
III.3 perhaps coloured border on a garment, καλάσηριν ἢ ὑπόδυμα μὴ ἔχον σκιάς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.19, compare 24 (Andania, 1st c.BC),compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 561, “BGU” 1141.41, 43 (1st c.BC).)]
IV an uninvited guest, introduced by another (Latin umbra), [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.707a, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 110)]. (Cf. Sanskrit chāyā´ 'shadow'.)