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Strong's #4639 - σκιά
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- shadow
- shade caused by the interception of light
- an image cast by an object and representing the form of that object
- a sketch, outline, adumbration
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σκῐά, ᾶς, Ion. σκῐή, ῆς, ἡ, shadow, Od. 11.207; σκιὰ ἀντίστοιχος ὥς like the shadow that is one's double, E. Andr. 745; ὑπὸ κίονος σκιὰν ἔπτηξεν Id. HF 973: prov., τὴν αὑτοῦ ς. δέδοικεν Ar. Fr. 77, cf. Pl. Phd. 101d .
2. reflection, image (in a bowl of oil), Sch. Il. 17.755 .
3. shade of one dead, phantom, Od. 10.495, A. Th. 992 (lyr.), S. Aj. 1257; σποδόν τε καὶ σκιάν Id. El. 1159; κατθανὼν δὲ πᾶς ἀνὴρ γῆ καὶ ς . E. Fr. 532; σκιᾷ τινι λόγους ἀνέσπα S. Aj. 301; also, of one worn to a shadow, A. Eu. 302; κακωθεὶς δ' οὐδὲν ἄλλ' εἰμ' ἢ ς . Id. Niob. in Bull.Soc.Alex. No. 28p.110; φωνὴ καὶ ς. γέρων ἀνήρ E. Fr. 509: freq. in proverbs of man's mortal estate, σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος Pi. P. 8.95; εἴδωλον σκιᾶς A. Ag. 839, cf. S. Fr. 659.6; ὁρῶ γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα . . ἢ κούφην ς . Id. Aj. 126; ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ ς. μόνον Id. Fr. 13; οὐδέν ἐσμεν πλὴν σκιαῖς ἐοικότες Id. Fr. 945; of human affairs, εὐτυχοῦντα μὲν σκιᾷ τις ἂν πρέψειεν A. Ag. 1328 (dub.l.); οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἢ καπνοῦ ς . Id. Fr. 399; καπνοῦ σκιὰν δέδοικεν Com.Adesp. 692; of worthless things, τἄλλ' ἐγὼ καπνοῦ σκιᾶς οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην S. Ant. 1170, cf. Ph. 946; καπνοὺς καὶ σκιάς Eup. 51; ὅσ' ἂν γένηται ταῦτα πάντ' ὄνου σκιά S. Fr. 331; περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς [μάχεσθαι ] Ar. V. 191, cf. Pl. Phdr. 260c; Archipp. wrote a Com. entitled Ὄνου σκιά; ἡ ἐν Δελφοῖς ς . that phantom at Delphi, of the Amphictyonic council, D. 5.25; αἱ τοῦ δικαίου ς . mere shadows of . ., Pl. R. 517d; σκιαὶ καὶ ἐν ὕδασιν εἰκόνες ib. 510e; σκιαὶ τῶν ὄντων, ἀλλ' οὐκ εἰδώλων ς . ib. 532c; στιγμὴ ἢ ς. τούτων D. 21.115; ἂν ἔχῃ φίλου σκιάν Men. 554 .
4. evil spirit, Hippiatr. 130, PMasp. 188.5 (vi A.D.) .
II shade of trees, etc., as a protection from heat, πετραίη τε σκιή the shade of a rock, Hes. Op. 589; ἐν σκιῇ ἑζόμενος ib. 593; ἐν συμμιγεῖ σκιᾷ Pl. Phdr. 239c; εἰ ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο ἡ μάχη Hdt. 7.226; ὑπὸ σκιᾶς E. Ba. 458; εἰσελθὼν ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν καθέζεσθαι And. 1.38; θέρους σκιὰν παρέχειν Pl. Ti. 76d; ἐν σκιᾷ, i.e. indoors, X. Smp. 2.18, cf. Cyn. 3.3; σκιὰν ὑπερτείνασα Σειρίου κυνός shade from its heat, A. Ag. 967: pl., αἱ τῶν δένδρων, αἱ τῶν πετρῶν ς ., X. Cyr. 8.8.17; ὑπὸ σκιαῖς Id. Oec. 20.18, cf. 5.9 .
III shadow in painting, τὰ λαμπρὰ τῇ σκιᾷ τρανότερα ποιοῦσι Plu. 2.863e, cf. 407a, D.H. Is. 4, Longin. 17.3; ἀνθρώπων πρῶτος ἐξευρὼν φθορὰν καὶ ἀπόχρωσιν σκιᾶς, of the painter Apollodorus, Plu. 2.346a, cf. Hsch.
2. silhouette, profile, Διόδωρος ς. Ἀντιφίλου ἐποίησεν Sammelb. 344 (Alexandria, ii B.C. ).
3. perh. coloured border on a garment, καλάσηριν ἢ ὑπόδυμα μὴ ἔχον σκιάς IG 5(1).1390.19, cf. 24 (Andania, i B.C. ), cf. Men. 561, BGU 1141.41, 43 (i B.C.) . an uninvited guest, introduced by another (Lat. umbra ), Plu. 2.707a, Ael. Fr. 110 . (Cf. Skt. châyâ´ 'shadow'.)
σκιά, σκιᾶς, ἡ ((see σκηνή, at the beginning)), from Homer down, the Sept. for צֵל;
a. properly, shadow, i. e. shade caused by the interception of the light: Mark 4:32 (cf. Ezekiel 17:23); Acts 5:15; σκιά θανάτου, shadow of death (like umbra mortis, Ovid. metam. 5, 191, and umbra Erebi, Vergil 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 θάνατος, 1): Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79 (from Isaiah 9:1, where צַלְמָוֶת).
b. a shadow, i. e. an image cast by an object and representing the form of that object: opposed to σῶμα, the thing itself, Colossians 2:17; hence, equivalent to a sketch, outline, adumbration, Hebrews 8:5; opposed to εἰκών, the 'express' likeness, the very image, Hebrews 10:1 (as in Cicero, de off. 3, 17, 69nos veri juris solidam et expresssam effigiem nullam tenemus, umbra et imaginibus utimur).
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σκιά , -ᾶς , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6738, 2 Kings 20:9 ff., Psalms 57:1, al.; but σ . and σ . θανάτου are also used for H6757, Job 3:5, Psalms 3:4, Isaiah 9:2 (1) (v. ICC, in l), al.;]
1. shadow, shade, caused by interception of light: Mark 4:32, Acts 5:15; metaph., σ . θανάτου , of ignorance and error, Matthew 4:16, Luke 1:79 (LXX).
2. a shadow, the image or outline cast by an object: fig., ὑπόδειγμα καὶ σ ., Hebrews 8:5; opp. to σῶμα , Colossians 2:17; opp. to εἰκών , Hebrews 10:1.†
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