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Concordances
Thompson Chain Reference
• Types and Shadows
• Shadow, the Lord As a (2)
• Shadow, the Lord As a
•   (only first 3 shown)
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Shadow
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Shadow
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Shadow
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Shadow
King James Dictionary
• Shadowing
• Shadow
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Lo, the Dim Shadows of the Night Are Waning
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Shadow
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Shadowing
• Shadow
Webster Dictionary
• Shadowing
• Shadowed
• Shadow
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Shadow
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Shade; Shadow; Shadowing
• Shadow of Death
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Shadow
Lexicons
• ܛܶܠܳܠܳܐ
• ܛܶܠܳܢܺܝܬ݂ܳܐ
• ἀποσκίασμα
• κατασκιάζω
• σκιά
• טְלַל
• צֵל
• צָלַל
•   (only first 3 shown)

Sometimes denotes intense darkness and gloom, Psalm 23:4 , and sometimes a cool retreat, Isaiah 33:2 , or perfect protection, Psalm 17:8 Isaiah 49:2 Daniel 4:12 .

The long shadows cast by the declining sun are alluded to in Job 7:2 Jeremiah 6:4 . The swift, never ceasing motion of a shadow is an emblem of human life, 1 Chronicles 29:15 Psalm 102:11 .