2001 Translation

SKIA, skia

Sounds Like: SKEE-ah

Translations: shadow, a shadow

From the root: ΣΚΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a shadow, which is an area where direct light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It can be used literally to describe a physical shadow cast by an object or person. Metaphorically, it can refer to something that is a mere outline, a faint image, or a prefigurement of something to come, suggesting an imperfect or temporary representation of a greater reality.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4639 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:13

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judges — 9:15
• Psalms — 43:20, 56:2, 79:11, 87:7, 106:10, 108:23
• Ecclesiastes — 7:12, 8:13
• Song of Solomon — 2:3
• Job — 3:5, 8:9, 14:2, 16:16, 24:17, 28:3
• Wisdom — 5:9
• Isaiah — 9:1, 38:8
• Jeremiah — 13:16
• Jonah — 4:5
• Matthew — 4:16
• Luke — 1:79
• Acts of the Apostles — 5:15
• Colossians — 2:17
• Hebrews — 8:5

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:11
• Book Two — 2:11

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Six — 3:18

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judges — 9:15
• 2 Kings — 20:9, 20:10, 20:11
• 1 Chronicles — 29:15
• Psalms — 43:20, 56:2, 79:11, 87:7, 101:12, 106:10, 108:23, 143:4
• Odes — 13:79
• Ecclesiastes — 7:1, 7:13, 8:13
• Song of Solomon — 2:3
• Job — 3:5, 8:9, 14:2, 16:17, 24:17, 28:3
• Wisdom — 5:9
• Isaiah — 9:2, 38:8
• Jeremiah — 13:16
• Lamentations — 4:20
• Ezekiel — 31:6
• Jonah — 4:5

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 4:16
• Luke — 1:79
• Acts — 5:15
• Colossians — 2:17
• Hebrews — 8:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΣΚΙΑΙ — shadows, a shadow, the shadows
• ΣΚΙΑΝ — shadow, a shadow
• ΣΚΙΑΣ — of shadow, of a shadow
• ΣΚΙΑΣΙ — (to) shadows, (to) shades
• ΣΥΣΚΙΑ — shade, shadow, a shade, a shadow

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