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Lexicon :: Strong's G1448 - engizō

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ἐγγίζω
Transliteration
engizō (Key)
Pronunciation
eng-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
42x in 18 unique form(s) TR
43x in 21 unique form(s) LXX
125x in 42 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:330,194

Strong’s Definitions

ἐγγίζω engízō, eng-id'-zo; from G1451; to make near, i.e. (reflexively) approach:—approach, be at hand, come (draw) near, be (come, draw) nigh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's G1448 in the following manner: draw nigh (12x), be at hand (9x), come nigh (8x), come near (5x), draw near (4x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's G1448 in the following manner: draw nigh (12x), be at hand (9x), come nigh (8x), come near (5x), draw near (4x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to bring near, to join one thing to another

  2. to draw or come near to, to approach

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐγγίζω engízō, eng-id'-zo; from G1451; to make near, i.e. (reflexively) approach:—approach, be at hand, come (draw) near, be (come, draw) nigh.
STRONGS G1448:
ἐγγίζω; imperfect ἤγγιζον; Attic future ἐγγιῶ (James 4:8 [Buttmann 37 (32); Winer's Grammar § 13, 1 c.]); 1 aorist ἤγγισα; perfect ἤγγικα (ἐγγύς); in Greek writings from Polybius and Diodorus on; Sept. for נִגַשׁ and קָרַב.
1. transitive, to bring near, to join one thing to another: Polybius 8, 6, 7; Sept., Genesis 48:10; Isaiah 5:8.
2. intransitive, to draw or come near, to approach; absolutely, Matthew 21:34; Luke 18:40; [Luke 19:41]; Luke 21:28; 22:1; 24:15; Acts 7:17; Acts 21:33; Acts 23:15; [Hebrews 10:25]; perfect ἤγγικε, has come nigh, is at hand: ἡ βασιλ. τοῦ θεοῦ, Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 10:7; Mark 1:15; Luke 10:11; with the addition ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς, Luke 10:9; ἡ ἐρήμωσις, Luke 21:20; ἡ ὥρα, Matthew 26:45; ὁ παραδιδούς με, Matthew 26:46; [Mark 14:42 (where Tdf. ἤγγισεν)]; ὁ καιρός, Luke 21:8; ἡ ἡμέρα, Romans 13:12; τὸ τέλος, 1 Peter 4:7; ἡ παρουσία τοῦ κυρίου, James 5:8. Construed with the dative of the person or the place approached: Luke 7:12; Luke 15:1, 25; Luke 22:47: Acts 9:3; Acts 10:9; Acts 22:6; ἐγγίζειν τῷ θεῷ (in the Sept. used especially of the priests entering the temple to offer sacrifices or to perform other ministrations there, Exodus 19:22; Exodus 34:30; Leviticus 10:3, etc.): to worship God, Matthew 15:8 Rec., from Isaiah 29:13; to turn one's thoughts to God, to become acquainted with him, Hebrews 7:19; James 4:8; ὁ θεὸς ἐγγίζει τινί, God draws near to one in the bestowment of his grace and help, James 4:8. Followed by εἰς and the accusative of the place: Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 18:35; Luke 19:29; Luke 24:28; [followed by πρός with the dative, Luke 19:37, see Buttmann, § 147, 28; others regard this as a pregnant construction, cf. Winer's Grammar, §§ 48, e.; 66, 2 d.]; μέχρι θανάτου ἤγγισε, to draw nigh unto, be at the point of, death, Philippians 2:30 (ἐγγίζειν εἰς θάνατον, Job 33:22); with an adverb of place, ὅπου κλέπτης οὐκ ἐγγίζει, Luke 12:33.
[Compare: προσεγγίζω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
48:10
Exodus
19:22; 34:30
Leviticus
10:3
Job
33:22
Isaiah
5:8; 29:13
Matthew
3:2; 4:17; 10:7; 15:8; 21:1; 21:34; 26:45; 26:46
Mark
1:15; 11:1; 14:42
Luke
7:12; 10:9; 10:11; 12:33; 15:1; 15:25; 18:35; 18:40; 19:29; 19:37; 19:41; 21:8; 21:20; 21:28; 22:1; 22:47; 24:15; 24:28
Acts
7:17; 9:3; 10:9; 21:33; 22:6; 23:15
Romans
13:12
Philippians
2:30
Hebrews
7:19; 10:25
James
4:8; 4:8; 4:8; 5:8
1 Peter
4:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1448 matches the Greek ἐγγίζω (engizō),
which occurs 42 times in 41 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:2 - μετανοεῖτε ἤγγικεν G1448 γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:17 - ἀπὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς κηρύσσειν καὶ λέγειν μετανοεῖτε ἤγγικεν G1448 γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:7 - πορευόμενοι δὲ κηρύσσετε λέγοντες ὅτι ἤγγικεν G1448 ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:1 - καὶ ὅτε ἤγγισαν G1448 εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Βηθφαγὴ εἰς τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν τότε Ἰησοῦς ἀπέστειλεν δύο μαθητὰς

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:34 - ὅτε δὲ ἤγγισεν G1448 ὁ καιρὸς τῶν καρπῶν ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς γεωργοὺς λαβεῖν τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:45 - τότε ἔρχεται πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς καθεύδετε τὸ λοιπὸν καὶ ἀναπαύεσθε ἰδοὺ ἤγγικεν G1448 ἡ ὥρα καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἁμαρτωλῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:46 - ἐγείρεσθε ἄγωμεν ἰδοὺ ἤγγικεν G1448 ὁ παραδιδούς με

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:15 - καὶ λέγων ὅτι πεπλήρωται ὁ καιρὸς καὶ ἤγγικεν G1448 ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ μετανοεῖτε καὶ πιστεύετε ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:1 - καὶ ὅτε ἐγγίζουσιν G1448 εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα εἰς Βηθφαγὴ καὶ Βηθανίαν πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν ἀποστέλλει δύο τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:42 - ἐγείρεσθε ἄγωμεν ἰδοὺ ὁ παραδιδούς με ἤγγικεν G1448

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - ὡς δὲ ἤγγισεν G1448 τῇ πύλῃ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξεκομίζετο τεθνηκὼς μονογενὴς υἱὸς τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὴ ἦν χήρα καὶ ὄχλος τῆς πόλεως ἱκανὸς ἦν σὺν αὐτῇ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:9 - καὶ θεραπεύετε τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ ἀσθενεῖς καὶ λέγετε αὐτοῖς ἤγγικεν G1448 ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11 - καὶ τὸν κονιορτὸν τὸν κολληθέντα ἡμῖν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὑμῶν εἰς τοὺς πόδας ἀπομασσόμεθα ὑμῖν πλὴν τοῦτο γινώσκετε ὅτι ἤγγικεν G1448 ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 - πωλήσατε τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ὑμῶν καὶ δότε ἐλεημοσύνην ποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς βαλλάντια μὴ παλαιούμενα θησαυρὸν ἀνέκλειπτον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ὅπου κλέπτης οὐκ ἐγγίζει G1448 οὐδὲ σὴς διαφθείρει

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1 - ἦσαν δὲ αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες G1448 πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:25 - ἦν δὲ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πρεσβύτερος ἐν ἀγρῷ καὶ ὡς ἐρχόμενος ἤγγισεν G1448 τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἤκουσεν συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:35 - ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν G1448 αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰεριχὼ τυφλός τις ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐπαιτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:40 - σταθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ἀχθῆναι πρὸς αὐτόν ἐγγίσαντος G1448 δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:29 - καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤγγισεν G1448 εἰς Βηθφαγὴ καὶ Βηθανίαν πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τὸ καλούμενον Ἐλαιῶν ἀπέστειλεν δύο τῶν μαθητῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:37 - ἐγγίζοντος G1448 δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤδη πρὸς τῇ καταβάσει τοῦ ὄρους τῶν ἐλαιῶν ἤρξαντο ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν χαίροντες αἰνεῖν τὸν θεὸν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ περὶ πασῶν ὧν εἶδον δυνάμεων

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41 - καὶ ὡς ἤγγισεν G1448 ἰδὼν τὴν πόλιν ἔκλαυσεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - ὁ δὲ εἶπεν βλέπετε μὴ πλανηθῆτε πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες ἐγώ εἰμι καί ὁ καιρὸς ἤγγικεν G1448 μὴ πορευθῆτε ὀπίσω αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:20 - ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε κυκλουμένην ὑπὸ στρατοπέδων Ἰερουσαλήμ τότε γνῶτε ὅτι ἤγγικεν G1448 ἡ ἐρήμωσις αὐτῆς

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:28 - ἀρχομένων δὲ τούτων γίνεσθαι ἀνακύψατε καὶ ἐπάρατε τὰς κεφαλὰς ὑμῶν διότι ἐγγίζει G1448 ἡ ἀπολύτρωσις ὑμῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:1 - ἤγγιζεν G1448 δὲ ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν ἀζύμων ἡ λεγομένη πάσχα

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:47 - ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἰδοὺ ὄχλος καὶ ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰούδας εἷς τῶν δώδεκα προήρχετο αὐτούς καὶ ἤγγισεν G1448 τῷ Ἰησοῦ φιλῆσαι αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:15 - καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὁμιλεῖν αὐτοὺς καὶ συζητεῖν καὶ αὐτὸς Ἰησοῦς ἐγγίσας G1448 συνεπορεύετο αὐτοῖς

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:28 - καὶ ἤγγισαν G1448 εἰς τὴν κώμην οὗ ἐπορεύοντο καὶ αὐτὸς προσεποιήσατο πορρώτερον πορεύεσθαι

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17 - καθὼς δὲ ἤγγιζεν G1448 ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἧς ὡμολόγησεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ ηὔξησεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ἐπληθύνθη ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:3 - ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι ἐγένετο αὐτὸν ἐγγίζειν G1448 τῇ Δαμασκῷ ἐξαίφνης τε αὐτὸν περιήστραψεν φῶς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:9 - τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον ὁδοιπορούντων ἐκείνων καὶ τῇ πόλει ἐγγιζόντων G1448 ἀνέβη Πέτρος ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα προσεύξασθαι περὶ ὥραν ἕκτην

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - τότε ἐγγίσας G1448 ὁ χιλίαρχος ἐπελάβετο αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκέλευσεν δεθῆναι ἁλύσεσι δυσί καὶ ἐπυνθάνετο τίς εἴη καὶ τί ἐστιν πεποιηκώς

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:6 - ἐγένετο δέ μοι πορευομένῳ καὶ ἐγγίζοντι G1448 τῇ Δαμασκῷ περὶ μεσημβρίαν ἐξαίφνης ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ περιαστράψαι φῶς ἱκανὸν περὶ ἐμέ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - νῦν οὖν ὑμεῖς ἐμφανίσατε τῷ χιλιάρχῳ σὺν τῷ συνεδρίῳ ὅπως καταγάγῃ αὐτὸν εἰς ὑμᾶς ὡς μέλλοντας διαγινώσκειν ἀκριβέστερον τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς δὲ πρὸ τοῦ ἐγγίσαι G1448 αὐτὸν ἕτοιμοί ἐσμεν τοῦ ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:12 - ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν G1448 ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους ἐνδυσώμεθα δὲ τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:30 - ὅτι διὰ τὸ ἔργον Χριστοῦ μέχρι θανάτου ἤγγισεν G1448 παραβολευσάμενος τῇ ψυχῇ ἵνα ἀναπληρώσῃ τὸ ὑμῶν ὑστέρημα τῆς πρός με λειτουργίας

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:19 - οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος ἐπεισαγωγὴ δὲ κρείττονος ἐλπίδος δι᾽ ἧς ἐγγίζομεν G1448 τῷ θεῷ

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:25 - μὴ ἐγκαταλείποντες τὴν ἐπισυναγωγὴν ἑαυτῶν καθὼς ἔθος τισίν ἀλλὰ παρακαλοῦντες καὶ τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὅσῳ βλέπετε ἐγγίζουσαν G1448 τὴν ἡμέραν

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:8 - ἐγγίσατε G1448 τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐγγιεῖ G1448 ὑμῖν καθαρίσατε χεῖρας ἁμαρτωλοί καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας δίψυχοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:8 - μακροθυμήσατε καὶ ὑμεῖς στηρίξατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ὅτι ἡ παρουσία τοῦ κυρίου ἤγγικεν G1448

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:7 - πάντων δὲ τὸ τέλος ἤγγικεν G1448 σωφρονήσατε οὖν καὶ νήψατε εἰς προσευχάς
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