ἐγγύς
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“akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
some view as an improper prep., followed by gen. or dat., near, as to place, Lk. 19:11; close at hand, Rom. 10:8; near, in respect of ready interposition, Phil. 4:5; near, as to time, Mt. 24:32, 33; near to God, as being in covenant with him, Eph. 2:13; οἱ ἐγγύς, the people near to God, the Jews, Eph. 2:17
Translated in KJV as
fromat handnearnigh (at hand, unto)ready
Etymology
from a primary verb (to squeeze or throttle;
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