Shade, Shadow, Shadowing
Shade, Shadow, Shadowing
shad, shado, shado-ing (, cel; , skia): A shadow is any obscuration of the light and heat with the form of the intervening object, obscurely projected, constantly changing and passing away. Shadow is used literally of a roof (Gen 19:8), of mountains (Jdg 9:36), of trees (Jdg 9:15, etc.), of wings (Psa 17:8, etc.), of a cloud (Isa 25:5), of a great rock (Isa 32:2), of a man (Peter, Act 5:15), of the shadow on the dial (2Ki 20:9, etc.), of Jonah’s gourd (Jon 4:5 f). It is used also figuratively (1) of shelter and protection (of man, Gen 19:8; Son 2:3; Isa 16:3, etc.; of God, Psa 36:7; Psa 91:1; Isa 4:6, etc.); (2) of anything fleeting or transient, as of the days of man’s life on earth (1Ch 29:15; Job 8:9; Psa 109:23); (3) with the idea of obscurity or imperfection (in Heb 8:5; Heb 10:1, of the Law; compare Col 2:17); (4) of darkness, gloom; see SHADOW OF DEATH. In Jam 1:17, we have in the King James Version, the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (aposkiasma); the Revised Version (British and American) shadow that is cast by turning; the reference is to the unchangeableness of God as contrasted with the changes of the heavenly bodies. the Revised Version (British and American) has of the rustling of wings for shadowing with wings in Isa 18:1; the American Standard Revised Version has shade for shadow in various places (Jdg 9:15; Job 40:22; Isa 4:6, etc.). In Job 40:21, Job 40:22, for shady trees the Revised Version (British and American) has lotus-trees.