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Overshadow

Overshadow "to throw a shadow upon" (epi, "over," skia, "a shadow"), "to overshadow," is used (a) of the bright cloud at the Transfiguration, Mat 17:5, Mar 9:7, Luk 9:34; (b) metaphorically of the power of "th...

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Overshadow <1,,1982, episkiazo>

"to throw a shadow upon" (epi, "over," skia, "a shadow"), "to overshadow," is used (a) of the bright cloud at the Transfiguration, Mat 17:5, Mar 9:7, Luk 9:34; (b) metaphorically of the power of "the Most High" upon the Virgin Mary, Luk 1:35; (c) of the Apostle Peter's shadow upon the sick, Act 5:15.

<2,,2683, kataskiazo>

lit., "to shadow down," is used of the "overshadowing" (RV) of the cherubim of glory above the mercy seat, Heb 9:5 (AV, "shadowing").

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