ἐγγίζω (< ἐγγύς).
[in LXX for נגשׁ, קרב, etc.;]
1. trans., to bring near: Ge 48:10, Is 5:8.
2. Intrans., to come near: absol., Mt 26:46, Mk 14:42, Lk 18:4019:4121:20, 2824:15, Ac 21:3323:15; c. adv., ὅπου, Lk 12:33; c. dat., Lk 7:1215:1, 2522:47, Ac 9:310:922:6; τ. θεῷ, He 7:19, Ja 4:8; seq. εἰς, Mt 21:1, Mk 11:1, Lk 18:3519:2924:28; πρός, c. dat., Lk 19:37; μέχρι θανάτου, Phl 2:30; of time, ὥρα, Mt 26:45; ἡμέρα, Ro 13:12, He 10:25; καιρός, Mt 21:34, Lk 21:8; χρόνος, Ac 7:17; ἑορτή, Lk 22:1; παρουσία, Ja 5:8; τέλος, I Pe 4:7; ἐρήμωσις, Lk 21:20; ἀπολύτρωσις, Lk 21:28; ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία (for similar expressions in Targ., v. Dalman, 106), Mt 3:24:1710:7, Mk 1:15, Lk 10:9 (ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς) 10:11 (cf. προσ-εγγίζω), and v. Cremer, 224).†