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Lexicon :: Strong's G1451 - engys

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ἐγγύς
Transliteration
engys (Key)
Pronunciation
eng-goos'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary verb agcho (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of ἀγκάλη (G43))
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:330,194

Strong’s Definitions

ἐγγύς engýs, eng-goos'; from a primary verb ἄγχω ánchō (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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G1451 in the following manner: nigh (13x), at hand (6x), nigh at hand (4x), near (4x), from (1x), nigh unto (1x), ready (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G1451 in the following manner: nigh (13x), at hand (6x), nigh at hand (4x), near (4x), from (1x), nigh unto (1x), ready (1x).
  1. near, of place and position

    1. near

    2. those who are near access to God

      1. Jews, as opposed to those who are alien from God and his blessings

      2. The Rabbis used the term "to make nigh" as equivalent to "to make a proselyte"

  2. of time

    1. of times imminent and soon to come pass

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐγγύς engýs, eng-goos'; from a primary verb ἄγχω ánchō (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.
STRONGS G1451:
ἐγγύς, adverb, (from ἐν and γυῖον [limb, hand], at hand; [but rather allied with ἄγχι, ἄγχω, anxious, anguish, etc.; see Curtius § 166; Vanicek p.22]), [from Homer down], Sept. for קָרוֹב; near;
1. of place and postition;
a. proper: absolute John 19:42, [cf. also John 19:20 G L T Tr WH (but see below)]; with genitive (Matthiae § 339, 1 p. 812; Winer's Grammar 195 (183); [471 (439); Buttmann § 132, 24]), Luke 19:11; John 3:23; John 6:19, 23; John 11:18, 54; John 19:20 [Rec., but see above]; Acts 1:12; with dative (Matthiae § 386, 6; Kuhner § 423, 13; [Jelf § 592, 2]), Acts 9:38; Acts 27:8.
b. tropically; οἱ ἐγγύς, those who are near of access to God i. e. Jews, and οἱ μακράν, those who are alien from the true God and the blessings of the theocracy, i. e. Gentiles: Eph. 2:17 (cf. Isa. 57:19); ἐγγὺς γίνεσθαι, to be brought near, namely to the blessings of the kingdom of God, Eph. 2:13, (so with the Rabbins not infrequently to make nigh is equivalent to to make a proselyte, cf. Wetstein at the passage; [Schöttgen, Horae etc. 1:761f; Valck. Schol. 1:363]); ἐγγύς σου τὸ ῥῆμά ἐστιν, near thee i. e. at hand, already, as it were, in thy mind, Romans 10:8 from Deut. 30:14, [cf. Buttmann § 129, 11; Winer's Grammar 465 (434)].
2. of time; concerning things imminent and soon to come to pass: Matthew 24:32; Matthew 26:18; Mark 13:28; Luke 21:30, 31; John 2:13; John 6:4; John 7:2; John 11:55; Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:10; of the near advent of persons: κύριος ἐγγύς, of Christ's return from heaven, Philippians 4:5 (in another sense, of God in Psalm 144:18 (Psalm 145:18)); with the addition ἐπὶ θύραις, at the door, Matthew 24:33; Mark 13:29; ἐγγὺς κατάρας, near to being cursed, Hebrews 6:8; ἀφανισμοῦ, soon to vanish, Hebrews 8:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
30:14
Psalm
145:18
Isaiah
57:19
Matthew
24:32; 24:33; 26:18
Mark
13:28; 13:29
Luke
19:11; 21:30, 31
John
2:13; 3:23; 6:4; 6:19; 6:23; 7:2; 11:18; 11:54; 11:55; 19:20; 19:20; 19:42
Acts
1:12; 9:38; 27:8
Romans
10:8
Ephesians
2:13; 2:17
Philippians
4:5
Hebrews
6:8; 8:13
Revelation
1:3; 22:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1451 matches the Greek ἐγγύς (engys),
which occurs 48 times in 47 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 - When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2 - except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - “If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest kinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the people of Israel a statute and rule, as the LORD commanded Moses.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - And when you approach the territory of the people of Ammon, do not harass them or contend with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:14 - But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35 - Vengeance is mine, and recompense,[fn]
for the time when their foot shall slip;
for the day of their calamity is at hand,
and their doom comes swiftly.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:6 - and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - And Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And he arose from his seat.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:12 - And now it is true that I am a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 - “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 - “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom):
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15 - My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:18 - Behold, I have prepared my case;
I know that I shall be in the right.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - They make night into day:
‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - My relatives have failed me,
my close friends have forgotten me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3 - who does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Be not far from me,
for trouble is near,
and there is none to help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:18 - The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:9 - Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:151 - But you are near, O LORD,
and all your commandments are true.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:18 - The LORD is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 - [fn] Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:6 - Wail, for the day of the LORD is near;
as destruction from the Almighty[fn] it will come!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - creating the fruit of the lips.
Peace, peace, to the far and to the near,” says the LORD,
“and I will heal him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:2 - You plant them, and they take root;
they grow and produce fruit;
you are near in their mouth
and far from their heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26 - all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Babylon[fn] shall drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4 - I brought them to the house of the LORD into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:16 - The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:24 - and Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:12 - He who is far off shall die of pestilence, and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who is left and is preserved shall die of famine. Thus I will spend my fury upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:3 - For the day is near,
the day of the LORD is near;
it will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for[fn] the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:15 - Alas for the day!
For the day of the LORD is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty[fn] it comes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:1 - Blow a trumpet in Zion;
sound an alarm on my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for the day of the LORD is coming; it is near,
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14 - Multitudes, multitudes,
in the valley of decision!
For the day of the LORD is near
in the valley of decision.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:15 - For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations.
As you have done, it shall be done to you;
your deeds shall return on your own head.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:7 - Be silent before the Lord GOD!
For the day of the LORD is near;
the LORD has prepared a sacrifice
and consecrated his guests.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 - The great day of the LORD is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the LORD is bitter;
the mighty man cries aloud there.
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