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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
Open full H7934 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
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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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