Col 2:17 | RWP | e4.org | A shadow ( σκια ). Old word, opposed to substance ( σωμα , body). In σκια is distinguished from εικων (picture), but here from σωμα (body, substance). The σωμα (body) casts the σκια (shadow) and so belongs to Christ ( Χριστου , genitive case).

‏ Colossians 2:17

A shadow ( σκια ). Old word, opposed to substance ( σωμα, body). In Heb 10:1 σκια is distinguished from εικων (picture), but here from σωμα (body, substance). The σωμα (body) casts the σκια (shadow) and so belongs to Christ ( Χριστου, genitive case).