Word Study · Strong's G4639 · Greek
σκιά
skia
skee'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: skiá
“"shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration))”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
"shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration))
Rendered in the KJV as
shadow.
- 7occurrencesin the New Testament
- 6 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- σκιᾷ3
- σκιὰ2
- σκιὰν1
- Σκιὰν1
How it is rendered · 5
- shadow3
- a shadow1
- A shadow1
- in [the] shadow1
- in a shadow1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-DSF · 3
- N-ASF · 2
- N-NSF · 2
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Hebrews carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Colossians1 occurrence
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 8:5σκιᾷskianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularThe 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.”here: shadow
- Hebrews 10:1Σκιὰνskiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularFor 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.here: A shadow