σκιάskiá

Meanings

Same root

• σκηνήskēnḗ · G4633a tent or cloth hut (literally or figuratively)
• σκότοςskótos · G4655shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)
• ἐπισκιάζωepiskiázō · G1982to cast a shade upon, i.e. (by analogy) to envelop in a haze of brilliancy; figuratively, to invest with preternatural influence
• ἀποσκίασμαaposkíasma · G644a shading off, i.e. obscuration
• κατασκιάζωkataskiázō · G2683to overshade, i.e. cover

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 4:16 the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined.”
• Mark 4:32 but it becomes the largest of all garden plants; it grows long branches, and birds can make nests in its shade.”
• Luke 1:79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.”
• Acts 5:15 As a result of the apostles’ work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter’s shadow might fall across some of them as he went by.
• Colossians 2:17 For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.
• Hebrews 8:5 They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.”