skia (shadow) · Rightly

Meaning

Usually translated “shadow”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

shadow 3
a shadow 2
in a shadow 1
in shadow 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Hebrews 2
Matthew 1
Mark 1
Luke 1
Acts 1
Colossians 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Mark 4:32But 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.
Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Acts 5:15Insomuch 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.
Colossians 2:17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Hebrews 8:5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Greek dictionary

σκιά skia · shadow

σκιά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for צֵל, 4Ki.20:9 ff., Psa.57:1, al.; but σ. and σ. θανάτου are also used for צַלְמָוֶת, Job.3:5, Psa.3:4, Isa.9:2 (1) (see ICC, in l), al. ;] 1. shadow, shade, caused by interception of light: Mrk.4:32, Act.5:15; metaphorically, σ. θανάτου, of ignorance and error, Mat.4:16, Luk.1:79" (LXX) . 2. a shadow, the image or outline cast by an object: figuratively, ὑπόδειγμα καὶ σ., Heb.8:5; opposite to σῶμα, Col.2:17; opposite to εἰκών, Heb.10:1.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “shadow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SHAD'OW, noun

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a plane and represtnting the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as the shadow of a man, of a tree or a tower.
Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Shelter made by any thing that intercepts the light, heat or influence of the air.
Obscure place; secluded retreat.

All definitions and other forms of “shadow”

Dark part of a picture.
A spirit; a ghost.
In painting, the representation of a real shadow
An imperfect and faint representation; opposed to substance.“The law of having a shadow of good things to come” Hebrews 10:1
Inseparable companion.
Type; mystical representaion.
Protection; shelter; favor.
Slight or faint appearance.

SHAD'OW, verb transitive

To overspread with obscurity.
To cloud; to darken.
To make cool; to refresh by shade; or to shade.
To conceal; to hide; to screen.
To protect; to screen from danger; to shroud.
To mark with slight gradations of color or light. [In this sense, shade is chiefly used.]
to paint in obscure colors; as void spaces deeply shadowed.
To represent faintly or imperfectly.
To represent typically.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.