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Greek G1448 engízō

Original: ἐγγίζω

Meaning:
from ἐγγύς; to make near, i.e. (reflexively) approach:--approach, be at hand, come (draw) near, be (come, draw) nigh.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to make near, i.e. (reflexively) approach:--approach, be at hand, come (draw) near, be (come, draw) nigh.

Greek G1451 engýs

Original: ἐγγύς

Meaning:
from a primary verb (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of ἀγκάλη); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time):--from , at hand, near, nigh (at hand, unto), ready.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: near (literally or figuratively, of place or time):--from , at hand, near, nigh (at hand, unto), ready.

Greek G4331 prosengízō

Original: προσεγγίζω

Meaning:
from πρός and ἐγγίζω; to approach near:--come nigh.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to approach near:--come nigh.

Greek G4975 schedón

Original: σχεδόν

Meaning:
neuter of a presumed derivative of the alternate of ἔχω as adverb; nigh, i.e. nearly:--almost.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: nigh, i.e. nearly:--almost.

Hebrew H5060 nâgaʻ

Original: נָגַע

Meaning:
a primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.); beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

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Hebrew H5066 nâgash

Original: נָגַשׁ

Meaning:
a primitive root; to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back; (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.

Hebrew H7126 qârab

Original: קָרַב

Meaning:
a primitive root; to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose; (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.

Hebrew H7127 qᵉrêb

Original: קְרֵב

Meaning:
(Aramaic) corresponding to קָרַב; {to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose}; approach, come (near, nigh), draw near.

Hebrew H7131 qârêb

Original: קָרֵב

Meaning:
from קָרַב; near; approach, come (near, nigh), draw near.

Hebrew H7138 qârôwb

Original: קָרוֹב

Meaning:
or קָרֹב; from קָרַב; near (in place, kindred or time); allied, approach, at hand, [phrase] any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).

Hebrew H7607 shᵉʼêr

Original: שְׁאֵר

Meaning:
from שָׁאַר; flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood; body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).

Hebrew H7934 shâkên

Original: שָׁכֵן

Meaning:
from שָׁכַן; a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen; inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.

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^{Genesis 47:29} And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: Open

^{Exodus 3:5} And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Open

^{Exodus 14:10} And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. Open

^{Exodus 24:2} And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. Open

^{Exodus 32:19} And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. Open

^{Exodus 34:30} And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. Open

^{Exodus 34:32} And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. Open

^{Leviticus 10:3} Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. Open

^{Leviticus 21:3} And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. Open

^{Leviticus 21:21} No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. Open

^{Leviticus 21:23} Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. Open

^{Leviticus 25:49} Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. Open

^{Numbers 1:51} And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Open

^{Numbers 3:10} And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Open

^{Numbers 3:38} But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Open

^{Numbers 8:19} And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. Open

^{Numbers 18:3} And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. Open

^{Numbers 18:4} And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. Open

^{Numbers 18:7} Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Open

^{Numbers 18:22} Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. Open

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^{Numbers 24:17} I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. Open

^{Deuteronomy 1:7} Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. Open

^{Deuteronomy 2:19} And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. Open

^{Deuteronomy 4:7} For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? Open

^{Deuteronomy 13:7} Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; Open

^{Deuteronomy 20:2} And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, Open

^{Deuteronomy 20:10} When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. Open

^{Deuteronomy 22:2} And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. Open

^{Deuteronomy 30:14} But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Open

^{Joshua 8:11} And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. Open

^{1 Samuel 17:48} And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. Open

^{2 Samuel 10:13} And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. Open

^{2 Samuel 11:20} And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? Open

^{2 Samuel 11:21} Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. Open

^{2 Samuel 15:5} And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. Open

^{1 Kings 2:1} Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, Open

^{1 Kings 8:59} And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: Open

^{1 Chronicles 12:40} Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel. Open

^{1 Chronicles 19:14} So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. Open

^{Esther 9:20} And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, Open

^{Psalm 32:6} For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Open

^{Psalm 34:18} The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Open

^{Psalm 69:18} Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. Open

^{Psalm 73:2} But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. Open

^{Psalm 85:9} Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. Open

^{Psalm 88:3} For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. Open

^{Psalm 91:7} A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Open

^{Psalm 91:10} There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Open

^{Psalm 119:150} They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. Open

^{Psalm 145:18} The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. Open

^{Proverbs 5:8} Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Open

^{Ecclesiastes 12:1} Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Open

^{Isaiah 5:19} That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! Open

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