noun · neuter

aposkiasmem

Greekἀποσκίασμα (aposkiasma)

Strong’sG644

a shadow, a faint image or copy

stem aposkiasm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

shadow1×

What it means

*† ἀπο-σκίασμα, -τος, τό

(< ἀποσκιάζω, to cast a shadow; v.s. σκία),

a shadow: Ja 1:17 (MM, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G644 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-os-kee'-as-mah

a shading off, i.e. obscuration

Fromfrom a compound of G575 and a derivative of G4639;

King Jamesshadow.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	aposkiasmem1×ἀποσκίασμα	aposkiasmeim
of, belonging to genitive	aposkiasmeu	aposkiasmeiu
to, for dative	aposkiasme	aposkiasmei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

aposkiasmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

aposkiasme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

aposkiasmem“shadow”subject or objectdirect singular1×

James 1:17“shadow”Pantas dosias agathas kai pantem dōrēmem teleiem anōthen atō, katabainarōtem apo tou patērou teiu fōteiu, para ho ouk eniatō parallagas ē tropau aposkiasmem.Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.