4639. skia
Berean Strong's Lexicon
skia: Shadow

Original Word: σκιά
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: skia
Pronunciation: skee-AH
Phonetic Spelling: (skee'-ah)
Definition: Shadow
Meaning: a shadow, shade, thick darkness, an outline.

Word Origin: Derived from the base of σκότος (skotos), meaning "darkness" or "shade."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H6738 צֵל (tsel): Often used in the Old Testament to denote shadow, shade, or protection, as seen in passages like Psalm 91:1.

Usage: In the New Testament, "skia" is used metaphorically to describe something that is a mere representation or foreshadowing of a greater reality. It often conveys the idea of an incomplete or temporary form that points to something more substantial or eternal.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, shadows were often seen as insubstantial and fleeting, representing the transient nature of life. In the context of the New Testament, this concept is used to illustrate the temporary and preparatory nature of the Old Covenant and its practices, which foreshadowed the coming of Christ and the New Covenant.

HELPS Word-studies

4639 skiá – properly, the shadow of a looming presence; (figuratively) a spiritual reality (good or bad) relating to God's light or spiritual darkness.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
shadow
NASB Translation
shade (1), shadow (6).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4639: σκιά

σκιά, σκιᾶς, ((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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
shadow.

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

Forms and Transliterations
εσκίασε σκια σκιά σκιὰ σκιᾷ σκιαδίων σκιάζει σκιάζειν σκιάζονται σκιαζόντων σκιάζουσα σκιάζουσαι σκιαζούσης σκιαί σκιαν σκιάν σκιὰν σκιάς σκιάσει σκιάση skia skià skiā̂i skian skiàn
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 4:16 N-DFS
GRK: χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου φῶς
NAS: IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH,
KJV: the region and shadow of death light
INT: land and shadow of death a light

Mark 4:32 N-AFS
GRK: ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ τὰ
NAS: NEST UNDER ITS SHADE.
KJV: lodge under the shadow of it.
INT: under the shadow of it the

Luke 1:79 N-DFS
GRK: σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου καθημένοις
NAS: IN DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH,
KJV: and [in] the shadow of death,
INT: darkness and in [the] shadow of death sitting

Acts 5:15 N-NFS
GRK: κἂν ἡ σκιὰ ἐπισκιάσῃ τινὶ
NAS: by at least his shadow might fall
KJV: at the least the shadow of Peter
INT: at least the shadow might overshadow someone

Colossians 2:17 N-NFS
GRK: ἅ ἐστιν σκιὰ τῶν μελλόντων
NAS: things which are a [mere] shadow of what is to come;
KJV: are a shadow of things to come;
INT: which are a shadow the things to come

Hebrews 8:5 N-DFS
GRK: ὑποδείγματι καὶ σκιᾷ λατρεύουσιν τῶν
NAS: a copy and shadow of the heavenly things,
KJV: and shadow of heavenly things,
INT: a copy and shadow serve of the

Hebrews 10:1 N-AFS
GRK: Σκιὰν γὰρ ἔχων
NAS: since it has [only] a shadow of the good things
KJV: having a shadow of good things
INT: a shadow indeed having

Strong's Greek 4639
7 Occurrences


σκιᾷ — 5 Occ.
σκιὰν — 2 Occ.

















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