Definition:
ἐγγύς, adv., [in LXX chiefly for קָרוֹב;] near; 1) of place: Jhn.19:20, 42; as prep. with genitive (M, Pr., 99), Luk.19:11, Jhn.3:23 6:19, 23 11:18, 54, Act.1:12; with dative, Act.9:38 27:8; superl, ἔγγιστα, Mrk.6:36, WH, mg; metaph, ֹοἱ ἐ, opp. to οἱ μακράν, Eph.2:17; ἐ. γίνεσθαι, Eph.2:13; ἐ. σου τὸ ῥῆμα, Rom.10:8 (LXX). 2) Of time: Mat.24:32 26:18, Mrk.13:28, 29 Luk.21:30, 31 Jhn.2:13 6:4 7:2 11:55, Rev.1:3 22:10; ὁ κύριος ἐ, Php.4:5; before ἐπὶ θύραις, Mat.24:33; compar, ἐγγύτερον (neut. of adj. -ος, used adverbially), Rom.13:11 (cf. R, txt.); as prep. with genitive, ἐ. κατάρας, Heb.6:8; ἀφανισμοῦ, Heb.8:13 (cf. Cremer, 223). (AS)
Definition:
ἐγγύς [ῠ],
adverb,
comparative ἐγγυτέρω (-τέρῳ[
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I) of Place,
near, nigh, at hand: frequently in [
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genitive,
hard by, near to; so λύπας ἐγγυτέρω
nearer to grief, [
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II) of Time,
nigh at hand, [
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III) of Numbers, etc,
nearly, ἔτεσι ἐ. εἴκοσι [
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nearly, almost, ἐ. ἔγνως [
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nearly, i. e. not
by a great deal, nothing
like it, [
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nearly so, [
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mostly, [
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IV) of Qualities,
coming near, ἐ. τι καὶ παραπλήσιον [
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genitive, [
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very near death, [
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V) of Relationship,
akin to, οἱ Ζηνὸς ἐ. [
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