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Koine Greek wordlink #38595

SR GNT Luke 1:79 σκιᾷ (skia) ‘in darkness and in the shadow of death sitting to direct’ Strongs=46390 Lemma=skia
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=-5 TimeSeries=Birth_of_John_the_Baptist

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Other uses (2) of identical word form σκιᾷ (N-DFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σκιᾷ’ (N-DFS) has 2 different glosses: ‘in the shadow’, ‘shadow’.

Mat 4:16 ‘in a land and shadow of death a light rose’ SR GNT Mat 4:16 word 22

OET-LV: 16 The people which sitting in darkness saw a_ great _light, and to _the ones sitting in a_land and shadow of _death, a_light rose on _them. (MAT_4:16)

OET-RV: 16 The people sitting in darkness
⇔ saw a powerful light,
⇔ and those sitting in a land under the shadow of death
⇔ had a light rise over them.’ (MAT 4:16)

Heb 8:5 ‘who for a copy and shadow are serving of the heavenly realms’ SR GNT Heb 8:5 word 4

OET-LV: 5 who for_a_copy and shadow are _serving of _the heavenly realms, as has _been _warned Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh), going to _be _accomplishing the for: tent, be _seeing he _is _saying: you _will _be _making all things according _to the pattern which having _been _shown to _you in the mountain. (HEB_8:5)

OET-RV: 5 They serve a copy or shadow of the heavenly realms just as Mosheh was warned when he was about to start making the tent of worship:
⇔ ‘Make everything according to the pattern that I showed you on the mountain.’ (HEB 8:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘skia’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a shadow’, ‘in the shadow’, ‘shadow’.

Greek words (5) other than σκιᾷ (N-DFS) with a gloss related to ‘shadow’

MARK 4:32 σκιάν (skian) N-AFS ‘to_be able under the shadow of it the birds’ SR GNT Mark 4:32 word 25

OET-LV: 32 and whenever it _may _be _sown, is _going _up and is _becoming greater than all the garden _plants, and is _producing great branches, so _that the birds of _the sky to _be _able to _be _nesting under the shadow of _it. (MRK_4:32)

OET-RV: 32 But when it’s planted and grows up, it forms a large bush with many branches so that birds can rest in its shade.” (MRK 4:32)

ACTs 5:15 σκιά (skia) N-NFS ‘of Petros even_if the shadow may overshadow on someone of them’ SR GNT Acts 5:15 word 24

OET-LV: 15 so _as even to _be _bringing _out the sick on the roads, and to _be _putting them on cots and pallets, in _order _that coming of _Petros, even _if the shadow may _overshadow on _someone of _them. (ACT_5:15)

OET-RV: 15 Some would even bring those who were sick out to the side of the road, lying them on beds and mats waiting for Peter to come past so that even his shadow might touch them. (ACT 5:15)

COL 2:17 σκιά (skia) N-NFS ‘which is a shadow of the things coming the’ SR GNT Col 2:17 word 4

OET-LV: 17 which is a_shadow of _the things coming, but the substance is of _the chosen _one /messiah. (COL_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 They’re just shadows of what’s coming, but the body causing the shadow is that of the messiah. (COL 2:17)

HEB 10:1 σκιάν (skian) N-AFS ‘a shadow for having the’ SR GNT Heb 10:1 word 1

OET-LV: 10 For/Because a_shadow having the law of _the coming good things, not itself the image of _the matters, in _every year with _the same sacrifices, which they _are _offering to the continual, never are _being _able the ones approaching to _perfect. (HEB_10:1)

OET-RV: 10 The law is a shadow of the good things coming, not the exact image of them. Every year they offer the same sacrifices—over and over but never getting nearer to perfection, (HEB 10:1)

YAC 1:17 ἀποσκίασμα (aposkiasma) N-NNS Lemma=aposkiasma ‘variation or of shifting shadow’ SR GNT Yac 1:17 word 26

OET-LV: 17 Every giving good, and every gift perfect from _above is, coming _down from the father of_ the _lights, with whom not there _is variation or of _shifting shadow. (JAM_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 Every gift that’s good and perfect comes from heaven. It comes down from the father of lights, none of which are changing or casting moving shadows. (JAM 1:17)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular