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Strong's G4639 · Greek

σκιά

skia · skee'-ah

apparently a primary word; "shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration))


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σκιά (G4639)

7 σκιά , -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for צֵל , IV Ki 20:9 ff., Ps 56 (57):1 , al.; but σ. and σ. θανάτου are also used for צַלְמָוֶת , Jb 3:5 , Ps 22 (23):4 , Is 9:2 (1) (v. ICC , in l.), al. ;] shadow, shade , caused by interception of light: Mk 4:32 , Ac 5:15 ; metaph., σ. θανάτου , of ignorance and error, Mt 4:16 , Lk 1:79 (LXX) . a shadow , the image or outline cast by an object: fig., ὑπόδειγμα καὶ σ. , He 8:5 ; opp. to σῶμα , Col 2:17 ; opp. to εἰκών , He 10:1 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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