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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4639. σκιά (skia) -- Shadow</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4639.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/mark/3-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4639.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4639</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4638.htm" title="4638">◄</a> 4639. skia <a href="../greek/4640.htm" title="4640">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">skia: Shadow</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">σκιά</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>skia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>skee-AH<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(skee'-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Shadow<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a shadow, shade, thick darkness, an outline.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the base of σκότος (skotos), meaning "darkness" or "shade."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>H6738 צֵל (tsel):</b> Often used in the Old Testament to denote shadow, shade, or protection, as seen in passages like Psalm 91:1.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "skia" is used metaphorically to describe something that is a mere representation or foreshadowing of a greater reality. It often conveys the idea of an incomplete or temporary form that points to something more substantial or eternal.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, shadows were often seen as insubstantial and fleeting, representing the transient nature of life. In the context of the New Testament, this concept is used to illustrate the temporary and preparatory nature of the Old Covenant and its practices, which foreshadowed the coming of Christ and the New Covenant.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4639</b> <i>skiá</i> – properly, the <i>shadow</i> of a looming presence; (figuratively) a spiritual reality (good or bad) relating to God's light or spiritual darkness.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>shadow<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>shade (1), shadow (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4639: σκιά</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σκιά</span></span>, <span class="greek2">σκιᾶς</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> ((see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">σκηνή</span></span>, at the beginning)), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">צֵל</span>; <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> properly, <span class="accented">shadow,</span> i. e. shade caused by the interception of the light: <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-32.htm">Mark 4:32</a> (cf. <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Ezekiel 17:23</a>); <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-15.htm">Acts 5:15</a>; <span class="greek2">σκιά</span> <span class="greek2">θανάτου</span>, <span class="accented">shadow of death</span> (like umbra mortis, <span class="abbreviation">Ovid</span>. metam. 5, 191, and umbra Erebi, <span class="abbreviation">Vergil</span> Aen. 4, 26; 6, 404), 'the densest darkness' (because from of old Hades had been regarded as enveloped in thick darkness), tropically, the thick darkness of error (i. e. spiritual death; see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">θάνατος</span></span>, 1): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-16.htm">Matthew 4:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-79.htm">Luke 1:79</a> (from <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1</a>, where <span class="hebrew">צַלְמָוֶת</span>). <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> <span class="accented">a shadow,</span> i. e. an image cast by an object and representing the form of that object: opposed to <span class="greek2">σῶμα</span>, the thing itself, <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-17.htm">Colossians 2:17</a>; hence, equivalent to <span class="accented">a sketch, outline, adumbration,</span> <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a>; opposed to <span class="greek2">εἰκών</span>, the 'express' likeness, <span class="accented">the very image,</span> <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1</a> (as in <span class="abbreviation">Cicero</span>, de off. 3, 17, 69<span class="latin">nos veri juris solidam et expresssam effigiem nullam tenemus, umbra et imaginibus utimur</span>).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>shadow. <p>Apparently a primary word; "shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration)) -- shadow. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εσκίασε σκια σκιά σκιὰ σκιᾷ σκιαδίων σκιάζει σκιάζειν σκιάζονται σκιαζόντων σκιάζουσα σκιάζουσαι σκιαζούσης σκιαί σκιαν σκιάν σκιὰν σκιάς σκιάσει σκιάση skia skià skiā̂i skian skiàn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 4:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χώρᾳ καὶ <b>σκιᾷ</b> θανάτου φῶς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> IN THE LAND <span class="itali">AND SHADOW</span> OF DEATH,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the region and <span class="itali">shadow</span> of death light<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> land and <span class="itali">shadow</span> of death a light<p><b><a href="/text/mark/4-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 4:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑπὸ τὴν <b>σκιὰν</b> αὐτοῦ τὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> NEST UNDER <span class="itali">ITS SHADE.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/mark/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> lodge under <span class="itali">the shadow</span> of it.<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> under the <span class="itali">shadow</span> of it the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/1-79.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 1:79</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σκότει καὶ <b>σκιᾷ</b> θανάτου καθημένοις</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> IN DARKNESS <span class="itali">AND THE SHADOW</span> OF DEATH,<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">[in] the shadow</span> of death,<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/1-79.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> darkness and <span class="itali">in [the] shadow</span> of death sitting<p><b><a href="/text/acts/5-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 5:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κἂν ἡ <b>σκιὰ</b> ἐπισκιάσῃ τινὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> by at least <span class="itali">his shadow</span> might fall<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> at the least <span class="itali">the shadow</span> of Peter<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/5-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> at least the <span class="itali">shadow</span> might overshadow someone<p><b><a href="/text/colossians/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 2:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἅ ἐστιν <b>σκιὰ</b> τῶν μελλόντων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> things which <span class="itali">are a [mere] shadow</span> of what is to come;<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> are <span class="itali">a shadow</span> of things to come;<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> which are <span class="itali">a shadow</span> the things to come<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/8-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 8:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑποδείγματι καὶ <b>σκιᾷ</b> λατρεύουσιν τῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a copy <span class="itali">and shadow</span> of the heavenly things,<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">shadow</span> of heavenly things,<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a copy and <span class="itali">shadow</span> serve of the<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/10-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 10:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>Σκιὰν</b> γὰρ ἔχων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> since it has <span class="itali">[only] a shadow</span> of the good things<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> having <span class="itali">a shadow</span> of good things<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">a shadow</span> indeed having<p><b><a href="/greek/4639.htm">Strong's Greek 4639</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4639.htm">7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/skia_4639.htm">σκιᾷ — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/skian_4639.htm">σκιὰν — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4638.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4638"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4638" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4640.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4640"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4640" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>