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Lexicon :: Strong's G4639 - skia

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σκιά
Transliteration
skia (Key)
Pronunciation
skee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:394,1044

Strong’s Definitions

σκιά skiá, skee'-ah; apparently a primary word; "shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration)):—shadow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G4639 in the following manner: shadow (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G4639 in the following manner: shadow (7x).

  1. shadow

    1. shade caused by the interception of light

    2. an image cast by an object and representing the form of that object

    3. a sketch, outline, adumbration

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκιά skiá, skee'-ah; apparently a primary word; "shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration)):—shadow.
STRONGS G4639:
σκιά, σκιᾶς, ἡ ((see σκηνή, at the beginning)), from Homer down, the Sept. for צֵל;
a. properly, shadow, i. e. shade caused by the interception of the light: Mark 4:32 (cf. Ezekiel 17:23); Acts 5:15; σκιά θανάτου, shadow of death (like umbra mortis, Ovid. metam. 5, 191, and umbra Erebi, Vergil Aen. 4, 26; 6, 404), 'the densest darkness' (because from of old Hades had been regarded as enveloped in thick darkness), tropically, the thick darkness of error (i. e. spiritual death; see θάνατος, 1): Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79 (from Isaiah 9:1, where צַלְמָוֶת).
b. a shadow, i. e. an image cast by an object and representing the form of that object: opposed to σῶμα, the thing itself, Colossians 2:17; hence, equivalent to a sketch, outline, adumbration, Hebrews 8:5; opposed to εἰκών, the 'express' likeness, the very image, Hebrews 10:1 (as in Cicero, de off. 3, 17, 69nos veri juris solidam et expresssam effigiem nullam tenemus, umbra et imaginibus utimur).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
9:1
Ezekiel
17:23
Matthew
4:16
Mark
4:32
Luke
1:79
Acts
5:15
Colossians
2:17
Hebrews
8:5; 10:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4639 matches the Greek σκιά (skia),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light.
And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow,
a light has shined.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - but it becomes the largest of all garden plants; it grows long branches, and birds can make nests in its shade.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:79

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:79 - to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
and to guide us to the path of peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:15 - As a result of the apostles’ work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter’s shadow might fall across some of them as he went by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:17 - For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5 - They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:1 - The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. The sacrifices under that system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perfect cleansing for those who came to worship.
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