shadow

Greek Noun Female

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)

shadow

Greek Noun Female

σκῐά, ᾶς, Ionic dialect σκῐή, ῆς, ἡ, shadow, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκιὰ ἀντίστοιχος ὥς like the shadow that is one's double, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) reflection, image (in a bowl of oil), [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) shade of one dead, phantom, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατθανὼν δὲ πᾶς ἀνὴρ γῆ καὶ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, of one worn to a shadow, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κακωθεὶς δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἄλλ᾽ εἰμ᾽ ἢ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in proverbs of man's mortal estate, σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁρῶ γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα. ἢ κούφην σ. [Refs]; of human affairs, εὐτυχοῦντα μὲν σκιᾷ τις ἂν πρέψειεν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἢ καπνοῦ σ. [Refs]; of worthless things, τἄλλ᾽ ἐγὼ καπνοῦ σκιᾶς οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς [μάχεσθαι] [Refs 5th c.BC+] wrote a Comedy texts entitled Ὄνου σκι; ἡ ἐν Δελφοῖς σ. that phantom at Delphi, of the Amphictyonic council, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ τοῦ δικαίου σ. mere shadows of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκιαὶ τῶν ὄντων, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ εἰδώλων σ[Refs 4th c.BC+] 4) evil spirit, [Refs 6th c.AD+] II) shade of trees, etc, as a protection from heat, πετραίη τε σκιή the shade of a rock, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν σκιῇ ἑζόμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν σκιᾷ, i.e. indoors, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκιὰν ὑπερτείνασα Σειρίου κυνός shade from its heat, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) shadow in painting, τὰ λαμπρὰ τῇ σκιᾷ τρανότερα ποιοῦσι [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἀνθρώπων πρῶτος ἐξευρὼν φθορὰν καὶ ἀπόχρωσιν σκιᾶς, of the painter Apollodorus, [Refs 1st c.AD+] III.2) silhouette, profile, Διόδωρος σ. Ἀντιφίλου ἐποίησεν [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III.3) perhaps coloured border on a garment, καλάσηριν ἢ ὑπόδυμα μὴ ἔχον σκιάς [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) an uninvited guest, introduced by another (Latin umbra), [Refs 1st c.AD+]. (Cf. Sanskrit chāyā´ 'shadow'.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

"shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration)); shadow; apparently a primary word