What does ἀποσκίασμα (aposkíasma) mean in the Bible?
ἀποσκίασμα (aposkíasma): Shadow cast by turning, suggesting instability or shifting rather than substance itself.
Greek · G644
ἀποσκίασμα
Shadow
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ἀποσκίασμα G644
Pronunciation aposkíasma
What does ἀποσκίασμα (aposkíasma) mean in the Bible?
ἀποσκίασμα (aposkíasma): Shadow cast by turning, suggesting instability or shifting rather than substance itself.
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How does the BSB render G644?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include shadow (1).
Where does ἀποσκίασμα (aposkíasma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at James 1:17. Its strongest book concentrations include James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It shadow 1× James 1:17
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First aligned row James 1:17
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
James 1
Source forms
ἀποσκίασμα 1x aposkiasma James 1:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x James 1:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Shadow cast by turning, suggesting instability or shifting rather than substance itself.
Strong's G644
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 1:16–18 Source Gloss
shadow
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Shadow cast by turning, suggesting instability or shifting rather than substance itself.
(ἀποσκιάζω, to cast a shadow; v,s. σκία) a shadow: Jas.1:17 (MM, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 1:17 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀποσκίασμα. aposkiasma
a shadow, a faint image or copy
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Jas 1:17 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
shadow caused by turning
Word Origins
ἀποσκίασμα is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain