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σκιά

MainId: 004543000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4639

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004543001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: σκιά

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ᾶς

   RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'ἀποσκίασμα', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἐπισκιάζω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'κατασκιάζω', 'Meanings': []}]

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004543001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 14.60

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physical Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Darkness

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-11 12:28:40

         DefinitionShort: shade, as a shelter from light and the heat associated with light

         Glosses: shade

         Comments: A term for ‘shade’ as an area sheltered from the direct rays of the sun usually differs from a term for ‘shadow,’ which is cast by a particular object blocking rays of light (see {D:14.61}).

      LEXReferences: MARK 4:32

   2. LEXID: 004543001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 14.61

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physical Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Darkness

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-11 12:28:40

         DefinitionShort: the shape or shade cast by an object which blocks rays of light

         Glosses: shadow

         Comments: In {S:04200107900012} (τοῖς ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου καθημένοις ‘those living in the darkness and shadow of death’), σκιά may be interpreted as being used figuratively of a shadow cast by impending death, that is to say, death is personified in such a way as to suggest that it casts a shadow because of its nearness. One may, therefore, translate τοῖς ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου καθημένοις as ‘those who live in the darkness of impending death,’ in which case σκιά becomes essentially equivalent to an expression of time.|In a number of languages a term for ‘shadow’ has a number of very important meanings. In some instances it is regarded as a part of personality which goes on to the next world, since a dead person no longer ‘casts a shadow.’ The shadow may also be regarded as a kind of counterpart of the personality, a type of alter ego. In cases of severe illness one may say ‘his shadow has walked away,’ and in many parts of the world the shadow of a person is an important element in the practice of black magic, for to damage a shadow may be regarded as a means of causing harm to a person.

      LEXReferences: MAT 4:16, LUKE 1:79, ACTs 5:15, HEB 10:1

   3. LEXID: 004543001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 58.65

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Nature, Class, Example

      LEXSubDomains: Archetype, Corresponding Type [Antitype]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-11 12:28:40

         DefinitionShort: a faint archetype which foreshadows a later reality

         Glosses: ['foreshadow', 'faint prototype', 'shadow']

      LEXReferences: COL 2:17, HEB 8:5