Quick Definition
a shadow, a faint image or copy
Strong's Definition
a shading off, i.e. obscuration
Derivation: from a compound of G575 (ἀπό) and a derivative of G4639 (σκιά);
KJV Usage: shadow
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποσκίασμα, ἀποσκιαστος, τό (σκιάζω, from σκιά), a shade cast by one object upon another, a shadow: τροπῆς ἀποσκίασμα shadow caused by revolution, Jas_1:17. Cf. ἀπαύγασμα.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποσκίασμα aposkiasma 1x
a shadow cast; met. a shade, the slightest trace, Jas_1:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀπο -σκίασμα , -τος , τό
( < ἀποσκιάζω , to cast a shadow; v,s. σκία ),
a shadow: Jas_1:17 ( MM , s.v. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποσκίασμα [page 68]
With this compound we may compare ἀποσκότωσις in Vettius Valens, p. 279 .33 , of the waning moon. Mayor (on Jas_1:17 quotes ἀποσκιασμός from Plut. Pericl. 6.4 γνωμόνων ἀποσκιασμούς of shadows thrown on the dial, and ἀποσκιάζω from Plato Rep. vii. 532C : the μα form is ἅπ . εἰρ .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-σκίασμα, -τος, τό
(ἀποσκιάζω, to cast a shadow; v,s. σκία)
a shadow: Jas.1:17 (MM, see word).†
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