noun · feminine
skias
Greekσκιά (skia)
Strong’sG4639
a shadow, thick darkness, an outline
stem ski-7 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
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.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4639 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidskee'-ah
"shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration))
Fromapparently a primary word;
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 nominative | skias2×σκιὰ | skiais |
| object accusative | skian2×σκιὰν | skiain |
| direct address vocative | skiar | skiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | skiau | skiaiu |
| to, for dative | skia3×σκιᾷ | skiai |
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
skia 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
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
skias“shadow”subjectnominative singular2×
Acts 5:15“shadow”hōste kai eis tain plateiain ekferarō toin asthenoin kai titharō epi klinarieiu kai krabattoiu, hina ercherōtou Petrou kan tas skias episkiazateia tino autoiu.As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
Colossians 2:17“shadow”heim atō skias teiu mellarōteiu, tem de sōmem tou Christou.These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
skian“shade”objectaccusative singular2×
Mark 4:32“shade”kai hotan speiriteia, anabainatō kai ginetō megoterem panteiu teiu lachaneiu kai poiatō kladoin megoin, hōste dunerō hupo tan skian auteu teim peteineim tou ouranou kataskēnarō.But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”
Hebrews 10:1“shadow”Skian gar echarōtos tos nomos teiu mellarōteiu agatheiu, ouk autan tan eikōnan teiu pragmeiu, kata eniauton tai autai thusiai hain prosferalō eis tem diēnekem oudepote dunetō toin prosercherōtoin teleiara;For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
skia“shadow”to, fordative singular3×
Matthew 4:16“shadow”tos laos tos katherōtos en skotia fōtem horata megem, kai toi katherōtoi en chōra kai skia thanatou fōtem anatellata autoi.the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
Luke 1:79“shadow”epifainara toi en skote kai skia thanatou katherōtoi, teu kateuthunara toin podoin nu eis hodan eirēnau.to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
Hebrews 8:5“shadow”hotinois hupodeigme kai skia latreualō teiu epouraneiu, kathōs chrēmatizitē Mōusos mellarōtos epitelarō tan skēnan, Horasōr gar, fēatō, poiasi panteim kata ton tupon ton deiknuiraton si en te ore;The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”