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Strong's #1448 - ἐγγίζω
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- to bring near, to join one thing to another
- to draw or come near to, to approach
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ἐγγίζω,
aor. ἤγγισα Arist. (v. infr.): pf. ἤγγικα LXX Ezekiel 7:4(7), Matthew 3:2 : (ἐγγύς): —
I bring near, bring up to, τῇ γῇ τὰς ναῦς Plb. 8.4.7; τὰ φιλήματα τοῖς χείλεσι Ach.Tat. 2.37; τινὰ πρός τινα LXX Genesis 48:10.
II mostly intr.,
1. approach, Arist. Mir. 845a20; τινί Plb. 18.4.1: c. gen., τῆς Αἰτωλίας Id. 4.62.5, etc.; πρὸς τὸν θεόν LXX Exodus 19:21; εἰς θάνατον ib. Job 33:22; ἕως ib. Si. 37.30(33); μέχρι θανάτου Philippians 2:30; to be imminent, ἤγγικεν ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Κυρίου James 5:8 : also, c. gen., approximate to, Phld. Herc. 1457.4.
2. to be next of kin, LXX Leviticus 21:3.
III c. inf., to be on the point of doing, ναοῦ -οντος συμπεσεῖν IG 12(1).1270.8 (Syme).
ἐγγίζω; imperfect ἠγγιζον; Attic future ἐγγιω (James 4:8 (Alexander Buttmann (1873) 37 (32); with § 13, 1 c.)); 1 aorist ἤγγισα; perfect ἤγγικα (ἐγγύς); in Greek writings from Polybius and Diodorus on; the Sept. for נִגַשׁ and קָרַב.
1. transitive, to bring near, to join one thing to another: Polybius 8, 6, 7; the Sept., Genesis 48:10; Isaiah 5:8.
2. intransitive, to draw or come near, to approach; absolutely, Matthew 21:34; Luke 18:40; (
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ἐγγίζω
(< ἐγγύς ),
[in LXX for H5060, H7126, etc.;]
1. trans., to bring near: Genesis 48:10, Isaiah 5:8.
2. Intrans., to come near: absol., Matthew 26:46, Mark 14:42, Luke 18:40; Luke 19:41; Luke 21:20; Luke 21:28; Luke 24:15, Acts 21:33; Acts 23:15; c. adv., ὅπου , Luke 12:33; c. dat., Luke 7:12; Luke 15:1; Luke 15:25; Luke 22:47, Acts 9:3; Acts 10:9; Acts 22:6; τ . θεῷ , Hebrews 7:19, James 4:8; seq. εἰς , Matthew 21:1, Mark 11:1, Luke 18:35; Luke 19:29; Luke 24:28; πρός , c. dat., Luke 19:37; μέχρι θανάτου , Philippians 2:30; of time, ὥρα , Matthew 26:41; ἡμέρα , Romans 13:12, Hebrews 10:25; καιρός , Matthew 21:34, Luke 21:8; χρόνος , Acts 7:17; ἑορτή , Luke 22:1; παρουσία , James 5:8; τέλος , 1 Peter 4:7; ἐρήμωσις , Luke 21:20; ἀπολύτρωσις , Luke 21:28; ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία (for similar expressions in Targ., v. Dalman, 106), Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 10:7, Mark 1:15, Luke 10:9 (ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς ) Luke 10:11(cf. προσ -εγγίζω , and v. Cremer, 224).†
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This verb is not so common as we might have expected, but see P Oxy IX. 1202.8 (A.D. 217) ἐνγίζοντος τοῦ ἑκάστου ἔτους ἀγῶνος, ";as the contest of each year approaches,"; and P Gen I. 74.17 (probably iii/A.D.) εἶπ ]ε ̣ν αὐτῷ μὴ ἐγ [γ ]ίζειν τῷ γρ. . τει. For the constr. with the gen., as in 1 Maccabees 11:4; 1 Maccabees 13:23, cf. P Thead 17.12 (A.D. 322) οὐκ ἐπε [τρέ ]ψαντο οὔτε τῆς [θύ ]ρας τοῦ ἐποικίου ἐνγίσαι μεθ᾽ ὕβρεων.
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