Strong G1452ἐγγύτερος
nearer
- Transliteration
- egguteron
- Pronunciation
- eng-goo'-ter-on
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Neuter of the compound of G1451; nearer: - nearer.
Detailed definition
ἐγγύτερος, see: ἐγγύς.
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)
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 the Bible
Strong G1452 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- nearer1
First verses
- Romans 13:11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐγγύτερος [ῠ], α, ον,
comparative adjective, (ἐγγύς) nearer, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 62)]: superlative ἐγγύτατος, η, ον, nearest, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 28.3 (assuming variant), LXX.Job.6.15)]; δι᾽ ἐγγυτάτου, ={ἐγγυτάτω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.96.)]
comparative adjective, (ἐγγύς) nearer, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 62)]: superlative ἐγγύτατος, η, ον, nearest, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 28.3 (assuming variant), LXX.Job.6.15)]; δι᾽ ἐγγυτάτου, ={ἐγγυτάτω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.96.)]