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Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
Read in context →Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Read in context →15 occurrences in 14 verses.
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tsêl · tsale
shade, whether literal or figurative
Strong's KJV usage: defence, shade(-ow).
Strong's first: Genesis 19:8Strong's last: Jonah 4:6
Open full H6738 profile →skiá · skee'-ah
"shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration))
Strong's KJV usage: :-- shadow.
Strong's first: Matthew 4:16Strong's last: Hebrews 10:1
Open full G4639 profile →aposkíasma · ap-os-kee'-as-mah
a shading off, i.e. obscuration
Strong's KJV usage: :--shadow.
Strong's first: James 1:17Strong's last: James 1:17
Open full G644 profile →ṭᵉlal · tel-al'
to cover with shade
Strong's KJV usage: have a shadow.
Strong's first: Daniel 4:12Strong's last: Daniel 4:12
Open full H2927 profile →tsêlel · tsay'-lel
shade
Strong's KJV usage: shadow.
Strong's first: Job 40:22Strong's last: Job 40:22
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And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
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SHAD'OW, noun
1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a plane and represtnting the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as the shadow of a man, of a tree or a tower. The shadow of the earth in in an eclipse of the moon is proof of its sphericity.
2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. Denham.
3. Shelter made by any thing that intercepts the light, heat or influence of the air.
In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. Spenser.
4. Obscure place; secluded retreat.
To secret shadows I retire. [Obs.] Dryden.
5. Dark part of a picture. Obs. [In the last two senses, shade is now used.]
6. A spirit; a ghost. Obs. [In this sense, shade is now used.]
7. In painting, the representation of a real shadow
8. An imperfect and faint representation; opposed to substance.
The law of having a shadow of good things to come. Hebrews 10:1.
9. Inseparable companion.
Sin and her shadow, death. Milton.
10. Type; mystical representaion.
Types and shadows of that destin'd seed. Milton.
11. Protection; shelter; favor.
12. Slight or faint appearance.
Shadow of death, terrible darkness, trouble or death.
SHAD'OW, verb transitive
1. To overspread with obscurity.
The warlike elf much wonder'd at this tree
So fair and great, that shadow'd all the ground. Spenser. [Shade is more generally used.]
2. To cloud; to darken.
The shadow'd livery of the burning sun. Shak.
3. To make cool; to refresh by shade; or to shade.
Flowery fields and shadowed waters. Sidney.
4. To conceal; to hide; to screen.
Let every soldier hew him down a bough,
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The number of our host. [Unusual.] Shak.
5. To protect; to screen from danger; to shroud.
Shadowing their right under your wings of war. Shak.
6. To mark with slight gradations of color or light. [In this sense, shade is chiefly used.]
7. to paint in obscure colors; as void spaces deeply shadowed.
8. To represent faintly or imperfectly.
Augustus is shadowed in the person of adjectiveEneas. Dryden.
9. To represent typically. The healing power of the serpent shadoweth the efficacy of Christ's righteousness. [The two last senses are in use. In place of the others, shade is now more generally used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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