Lexical Definition

‎σκιά‎ skiá (skee'-ah) shadow G:N-F
apparently a primary word

shadow.

Usage: 8 forms in 53 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
σκιᾷ in a shadow Matt.4.16
in shadow Luke.1.79
shadow Heb.8.5
σκιὰν A shadow Heb.10.1
shadow Mark.4.32
σκιὰ a shadow Col.2.17
shadow Acts.5.15
σκιαί shadows LXX.1Chr.29.15 • LXX.Song.2.17 • LXX.Song.4.6 • LXX.Jer.6.4
σκιάσ for shade LXX.Job.7.2
of shadow LXX.Job.24.17 • LXX.Ps.23.4
shadow LXX.Ps.107.14
σκιάν a shade LXX.Isa.4.6
a shadow LXX.Job.15.29
shading LXX.Jonah.4.6
shadow LXX.Judg.9.36 • LXX.2Kgs.20.10 • LXX.Job.12.22 • LXX.Isa.38.8 • LXX.Isa.51.16 • LXX.Ezek.17.23 • LXX.Amos.5.8
σκιά αυτού his shadow LXX.Ezek.31.6
σκιά Her shadow LXX.Ps.80.10
a shadow LXX.Job.8.9 • LXX.Job.14.2 • LXX.Job.16.16 • LXX.Ps.102.11 • LXX.Ps.144.4 • LXX.Eccl.6.12 • LXX.Eccl.8.13
his shadow LXX.Song.2.3 • LXX.Lam.4.20
its shadow LXX.Eccl.7.12
shade LXX.Ps.109.23
shadow LXX.2Kgs.20.9 • LXX.2Kgs.20.10 • LXX.2Kgs.20.11 • LXX.Job.3.5 • LXX.Job.24.17 • LXX.Job.28.3 • LXX.Ps.44.19 • LXX.Ps.57.1 • LXX.Ps.88.6 • LXX.Ps.107.10 • LXX.Eccl.7.12 • LXX.Isa.9.2 • LXX.Isa.38.8 • LXX.Jer.13.16 • LXX.Jer.48.45

Abbott-Smith

σκιά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for צֵל, IV Ki 20:9 ff., Ps 56 (57):1*, al.; but σ. and σ. θανάτου are also used for צַלְמָוֶת, Jb 3:5, Ps 22 (23):4*, Is 9:2 (1) *(v. ICC, in l.), al. ;]
1. shadow, shade, caused by interception of light: Mk 4:32, Ac 5:15; metaph., σ. θανάτου, of ignorance and error, Mt 4:16, Lk 1:79 (LXX).
2. a shadow, the image or outline cast by an object: fig., ὑπόδειγμα καὶ σ., He 8:5; opp. to σῶμα, Col 2:17; opp. to εἰκών, He 10:1.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
2 Kings 20:9
Job 3:5
Psalms 3:4* · 57:1*
Isaiah 9:2*
Matthew 4:16
Mark 4:32
Luke 1:79
Acts 5:15
Colossians 2:17
Hebrews 8:5 · 10:1

Liddell-Scott-Jones

σκιά, 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'.)