Words the Bible translates as shadow
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- skiaσκιάa shadow: the dark shape or cool patch cast when something solid stands in the light, and by extension both deathly gloom and the advance outline of a reality still to come
- tselצֵלthe dark, cooler shape thrown when something blocks the light: a shadow or patch of shade, and by extension the protection or the fleeting quality that a shadow stands for
- tsalmavetצַלְמָוֶתthe deepest, most frightening darkness, the kind that feels like the edge of the grave
- tselelצֵלֶלa shadow: the dark shape thrown where something blocks the light, whether the cool cover a tree gives or the long shapes that mark the closing of the day
- aposkiasmaἀποσκίασμαshadownot studied yet
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