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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:
Read in context →Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Read in context →14 occurrences in 14 verses.
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engízō · eng-id'-zo
to make near, i.e. (reflexively) approach
Strong's KJV usage: :--approach, be at hand, come (draw) near, be (come, draw) nigh.
Strong's first: Matthew 15:8Strong's last: James 5:8
Open full G1448 profile →qârab · kaw-rab'
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
Strong's KJV usage: (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.
Strong's first: Genesis 47:29Strong's last: Isaiah 5:19
Open full H7126 profile →engýs · eng-goos'
near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)
Strong's KJV usage: :--from , at hand, near, nigh (at hand, unto), ready.
Strong's first: Matthew 24:32Strong's last: Ephesians 2:17
Open full G1451 profile →nâgash · naw-gash'
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
Strong's KJV usage: (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.
Strong's first: Exodus 24:2Strong's last: Psalms 91:7
Open full H5066 profile →qârôwb · kaw-robe'
near (in place, kindred or time)
Strong's KJV usage: allied, approach, at hand, any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
Strong's first: Leviticus 10:3Strong's last: Psalms 145:18
Open full H7138 profile →qârêb · kaw-rabe'
near
Strong's KJV usage: approach, come (near, nigh), draw near.
Strong's first: Numbers 1:51Strong's last: Numbers 18:7
Open full H7131 profile →nâgaʻ · naw-gah'
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.)
Strong's KJV usage: beat, (× be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Strong's first: Psalms 32:6Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 12:1
Open full H5060 profile →pará · par-ah'
properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
Strong's KJV usage: :--above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side…by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with.
Strong's first: Matthew 15:29Strong's last: Matthew 15:29
Open full G3844 profile →prós · pros
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
Strong's KJV usage: :--about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in).
Strong's first: Mark 5:11Strong's last: Mark 5:11
Open full G4314 profile →ʼayin · ah'-yin
a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
Strong's KJV usage: else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare 370.
Strong's first: Psalms 73:2Strong's last: Psalms 73:2
Open full H369 profile →shᵉʼêr · sheh-ayr'
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Strong's KJV usage: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
Strong's first: Leviticus 25:49Strong's last: Leviticus 25:49
Open full H7607 profile →shâkên · shaw-kane'
a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
Strong's KJV usage: inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 1:7Strong's last: Deuteronomy 1:7
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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:
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
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.
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing 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.
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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NIGH, adjective [G. A preposition signifying to, on or after, that is, approaching, pressing on, making towards; strait, narrow.]
1. Near; not distant or remote in place or time.
The loud tumult shows the battle nigh
When the fig-tree putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh
2. Closely allied by blood; as a nigh kinsman.
3. Easy to be obtained or learnt; of easy access.
The word is very nigh unto thee. Deuteronomy 30:14.
4. Ready to support, to forgive, or to aid and defend.
The Lord is nigh unto them who are of a broken heart. Psalms 34:18.
5. Close in fellowship; intimate in relation.
Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13.
6. Near in progress or condition. Hebrews 6:8.
NIGH, adverb ni.
1. Near; at a small distance in place or time, or in the course of events.
He was sick, nigh to death. Philippians 2:27.
2. Near to a place.
He drew nigh
3. Almost; near. He was nigh dead.
NIGH is never a preposition. In the phrase, nigh this recess, with terror they survey, there is an ellipsis of to. They, nigh to this recess, survey, etc.
NIGH, verb intransitive ni. To approach; to advance or draw near. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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