ἐγγύς, adv.,
[in LXX chiefly for קָרֹוב;]
near;
1. of place: Jo 19:20, 42; as prep. c. gen. (M, Pr., 99), Lk 19:11, Jo 3:236:19, 2311:18, 54, Ac 1:12; c. dat., Ac 9:3827:8; superl., ἔγγιστα, Mk 6:36, WH, mg.; metaph., ֹοἱ ἐ., opp. to οἱ μακράν, Eph 2:17; ἐ. γίνεσθαι, Eph 2:13; ἐ. σου τὸ ῥῆμα, Ro 10:8(LXX).
2. Of time: Mt 24:3226:18, Mk 13:28, 29, Lk 21:30, 31, Jo 2:136:47:211:55, Re 1:322:10; ὁ κύριος ἐ., Phl 4:5; seq. ἐπὶ θύραις, Mt 24:33; compar., ἐγγύτερον (neut. of adj. -ος, used adverbially), Ro 13:11 (cf. R, txt.); as prep. c. gen., ἐ. κατάρας, He 6:8; ἀφανισμοῦ, He 8:13 (cf. Cremer, 223).†