Strong G1451ἐγγύς
near
- Transliteration
- eggus
- Pronunciation
- eng-goos'
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition OR Greek Adjective
Definition
From a primary verb ἄγχω agchō (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of G43);
near (literally or figuratively of place or time): - from at hand near nigh (at hand unto) ready.
near (literally or figuratively of place or time): - from at hand near nigh (at hand unto) ready.
Detailed 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.; metaphorically, ֹοἱ ἐ., opposite 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)
[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.; metaphorically, ֹοἱ ἐ., opposite 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)
In the Bible
Strong G1451 appears in 30 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- nigh14
- hand10
- near4
- from1
- ready1
First verses
- Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
- Matthew 24:33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
- Matthew 26:18And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
- Mark 13:28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
- Mark 13:29So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
- Luke 19:11And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
- Luke 21:30When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
- Luke 21:31So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
- John 2:13And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
- John 3:23And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
- John 6:4And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
- John 6:19So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
- John 6:23(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
- John 7:2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
- John 11:18Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
- John 11:54Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
- John 11:55And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
- John 19:20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
- John 19:42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
- Acts 1:12Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐγγύς [ῠ],
adverb, comparative ἐγγυτέρω (-τέρῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 6.3), also -ύτερον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 704e: _superlative_ ἐγγυτάτω)] or -ύτατα (first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, and _Attic dialect_))]; also ἔγγῑον, ἔγγιστα (see. ἐγγίων).
I of Place, near, nigh, at hand: frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἐ. γὰρ νυκτός τε καὶ ἤματός εἰσι κέλευθοι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.86)]: with genitive, hard by, near to; so λύπας ἐγγυτέρω nearer to grief, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1217: with _dative_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.340, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 37)]; ἐγγὺς ὁδῷ uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.974: mostly with Verbs of rest, ἐ. ἑστάναι, παρεστάναι, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 686, “Eu.” 65; but ἐ. χωρεῖν [prev. author] “Th.” 59: with _genitive_, οἱ ἐγγυτάτω τῆς ἀγορᾶς κατεσκευασμένοι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.20, etc.)]
II of Time, nigh at hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.453; ἐ. ἡμῖν ὁ ἀγών 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.2.)]
III of Numbers, etc., nearly, ἔτεσι ἐ. εἴκοσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.5; μισθὸς ἐ. ἐνιαυτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.28)]: generally, nearly, almost, ἐ. ἔγνως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 301)]; οὐδ᾽ ἐ. τινος not nearly, i. e. not by a great deal, nothing like it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 198b)]; ἔχει οὐχ οὕτω ταῦτα οὐδ᾽ ἐ. not so.. nor yet nearly so, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.30; οὐκ ἐποίουν τοῦτο, οὐδ᾽ ἐ. [prev. author] 18.96)]; mostly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 34.)]
IV of Qualities, coming near, ἐ. τι καὶ παραπλήσιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 520a)]; ἐγγύτατα τοῦ νῦν τρόπου, τῆς ξυμπάσης γνώμης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13, 22; ὅτι ἐγγύτατα τούτων [prev. author] 7.86; κοινῇ δὲ πᾶσιν οὐδεὶς ἐγγυτέρω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.288; δοκεῖς δηλῶσαι ἐγγύτατα τὴν ῥητορικήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 452e)]; ἐ. εἶναι, with genitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 116b; ἐ. τυφλῶν [prev. author] “R.” 508c)]; ἐ. τι τείνειν τοῦ τεθνάναι very near death, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 65a; κακῶς παθεῖν ἐγγύτατα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.123.)]
V of Relationship, akin to, οἱ Ζηνὸς ἐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 162)]; ἐγγυτέρω γένει or γένους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30a, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.72; ἐγγύτατα γένους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 388, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 41, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 304d; ἐγγυτάτω γένους “IG” 12.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1666.)]
adverb, comparative ἐγγυτέρω (-τέρῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 6.3), also -ύτερον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 704e: _superlative_ ἐγγυτάτω)] or -ύτατα (first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, and _Attic dialect_))]; also ἔγγῑον, ἔγγιστα (see. ἐγγίων).
I of Place, near, nigh, at hand: frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἐ. γὰρ νυκτός τε καὶ ἤματός εἰσι κέλευθοι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.86)]: with genitive, hard by, near to; so λύπας ἐγγυτέρω nearer to grief, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1217: with _dative_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.340, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 37)]; ἐγγὺς ὁδῷ uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.974: mostly with Verbs of rest, ἐ. ἑστάναι, παρεστάναι, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 686, “Eu.” 65; but ἐ. χωρεῖν [prev. author] “Th.” 59: with _genitive_, οἱ ἐγγυτάτω τῆς ἀγορᾶς κατεσκευασμένοι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.20, etc.)]
II of Time, nigh at hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.453; ἐ. ἡμῖν ὁ ἀγών 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.2.)]
III of Numbers, etc., nearly, ἔτεσι ἐ. εἴκοσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.5; μισθὸς ἐ. ἐνιαυτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.28)]: generally, nearly, almost, ἐ. ἔγνως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 301)]; οὐδ᾽ ἐ. τινος not nearly, i. e. not by a great deal, nothing like it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 198b)]; ἔχει οὐχ οὕτω ταῦτα οὐδ᾽ ἐ. not so.. nor yet nearly so, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.30; οὐκ ἐποίουν τοῦτο, οὐδ᾽ ἐ. [prev. author] 18.96)]; mostly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 34.)]
IV of Qualities, coming near, ἐ. τι καὶ παραπλήσιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 520a)]; ἐγγύτατα τοῦ νῦν τρόπου, τῆς ξυμπάσης γνώμης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13, 22; ὅτι ἐγγύτατα τούτων [prev. author] 7.86; κοινῇ δὲ πᾶσιν οὐδεὶς ἐγγυτέρω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.288; δοκεῖς δηλῶσαι ἐγγύτατα τὴν ῥητορικήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 452e)]; ἐ. εἶναι, with genitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 116b; ἐ. τυφλῶν [prev. author] “R.” 508c)]; ἐ. τι τείνειν τοῦ τεθνάναι very near death, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 65a; κακῶς παθεῖν ἐγγύτατα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.123.)]
V of Relationship, akin to, οἱ Ζηνὸς ἐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 162)]; ἐγγυτέρω γένει or γένους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30a, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.72; ἐγγύτατα γένους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 388, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 41, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 304d; ἐγγυτάτω γένους “IG” 12.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1666.)]