The meaning of “σκιά”
Understanding skiá reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
apparently a primary word shadow. - "shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration)...
σκιά
apparently a primary word shadow. - "shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration))
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 4:16 | “The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.” Word: σκιά (skiá) | |
| Mark 4:32 | “But 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.” Word: σκιά (skiá) | |
| Luke 1:79 | “To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Word: σκιά (skiá) | |
| Acts 5:15 | “Insomuch 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.” Word: σκιά (skiá) | |
| Colossians 2:17 | “Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” Word: σκιά (skiá) |