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.]
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