Dictionaries :: Overshadow

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

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 "the Most High" upon the Virgin Mary, Luk 1:35;

(c) of the Apostle Peter's shadow upon the sick, Act 5:15.

Overshadow:

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