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Overshadow
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"to throw a shadow upon" (epi, "over," skia, "a shadow"), "to overshadow," is used (a) of the bright cloud at the Transfiguration, Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:34; (b) metaphorically of the power of "the Most High" upon the Virgin Mary, Luke 1:35; (c) of the Apostle Peter's shadow upon the sick, Acts 5:15 .
lit., "to shadow down," is used of the "overshadowing" (RV) of the cherubim of glory above the mercy seat, Hebrews 9:5 (AV, "shadowing").
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Overshadow'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/o/overshadow.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Overshadow'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/o/overshadow.html. 1940.
