ἐγγύς,
adv., [in LXX chiefly for קָרוֹב;]
near; 1)
of place: Jhn.19:20, 42; as prep. with genitive (M,
Pr., 99), Luk.19:11, Jhn.3:23 6:19, 23 11:18, 54, Act.1:12; with dative, Act.9:38 27:8; superl, ἔγγιστα, Mrk.6:36, WH, mg; metaphorically, ֹοἱ ἐ, opposite to οἱ μακράν, Eph.2:17; ἐ. γίνεσθαι, Eph.2:13; ἐ. σου τὸ ῥῆμα, Rom.10:8 (LXX). 2)
Of time: Mat.24:32 26:18, Mrk.13:28, 29 Luk.21:30, 31 Jhn.2:13 6:4 7:2 11:55, Rev.1:3 22:10; ὁ κύριος ἐ, Php.4:5; before ἐπὶ θύραις, Mat.24:33; compar, ἐγγύτερον (neut. of adj. -ος, used adverbially), Rom.13:11 (cf. R, txt.); as prep. with genitive, ἐ. κατάρας, Heb.6:8; ἀφανισμοῦ, Heb.8:13 (cf. Cremer, 223). (
AS)