Word

ἐπισκιάζω

episkiázō · G1982 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to cast a shadow upon

To cause a shadow by interposing something between an object and a source of light

Examples
Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!”
Mark 9:7 Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud: “This is My beloved Son; listen to Him!”
Luke 1:35 The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; for that reason also the holy Child will be called the Son of God.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 5 groups

δύναμιςpower, mighty deed 1
νεφέληcloud 1
σκιάshadow, shade 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 2 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 4
σύyou 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔπωto say 1
ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To cast a shadow upon14.62: At the Transfiguration, Matthew 17:5 records that “a bright cloud overshadowed them,” ἐπισκιάζω marking the cloud's literal casting of its shadow over Jesus and His disciples.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σκιά skiá · G4639 · shade, shadow · 7×σκότος skótos · G4655 · darkness, evil world, realm of evil · 30×σκοτία skotía · G4653 · darkness, evil world, realm of evil · 17×ἐπισκιάζωepiskiázō · G1982σκοτίζω skotízō · G4654 · to become dark, to be incapable of perceiving, to not be able to understand · 5×σκοτεινός skoteinós · G4652 · dark, in darkness · 3×σκοτόω skotóō · G4656 · to become dark, to be incapable of perceiving, to not be able to understand · 3×ἀποσκίασμα aposkíasma · G644 · shadow · 1×κατασκιάζω kataskiázō · G2683 · to cast a shadow upon · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (imperfect ἐπεσκιαζον, Lk 9:34 L marginal reading T Tr text WH); future ἐπισκιάσω; 1…

(imperfect ἐπεσκιαζον, Lk 9:34 L marginal reading T Tr text WH); future ἐπισκιάσω; 1 aorist ἐπεσκίασα; to throw a shadow upon, to envelop in shadow, to overshadow: τίνι, Acts 5:15. From a vaporous cloud that casts a shadow the word is transferred to a shining cloud surrounding and enveloping persons with brightness: τινα, Mt 17:5; Lk 9:34; τίνι, Mk 9:7. Tropically, of the Holy Spirit exerting creative energy upon the womb of the virgin Mary and impregnating it (a use of the word which seems to have been drawn from the familiar O. T. idea of a cloud as symbolizing the immediate presence and power of God): with the dative Lk 1:35. (In secular authors generally with an accusative of the object and in the sense of obscuring: Herodotus 1, 209; Sophocles, Aristotle, Thcophr., Philo, Lucian, Herodian, Geoponica. the Sept. for סָכַך to cover, Ps 90:4; Ps 139:8; for שָׁכַן, Ex 40:29-35ἐπεσκίαζεν ἐπί τήν σκηνήν ἡ νεφέλη; (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 7).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Darkness5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0