ἐγγύτερος

ἐγγύτερος, see: ἐγγύς.

ἐγγύς, adv.,

[in LXX chiefly for קָרוֹב ;]

near;

1. of place: Joh 19,20, 42; as prep. with genitive (M, Pr., 99), Luk 19,11, Joh 3,23; 6,19, 23; 11,18, 54, ApG 1,12; with dative, ApG 9,38; 27,8; superl., ἔγγιστα, Mark 6,36, WH, mg.; metaphorically, ֹοἱ ἐ., opposite to οἱ μακράν, Ef 2,17 ἐ. γίνεσθαι, Ef 2,13 ἐ. σου τὸ ῥῆμα, Rom 10,8 (LXX).

2. Of time: Matt 24,32; 26,18, Mark 13,28, 29 Luk 21,30, 31 Joh 2,13; 6,4; 7,2; 11,55, Åb 1,3; 22,10; ὁ κύριος ἐ., Fil 4,5 before ἐπὶ θύραις, Matt 24,33 compar., ἐγγύτερον (neut. of adj. -ος, used adverbially), Rom 13,11 (cf. R, txt.); as prep. with genitive, ἐ. κατάρας, Hebr 6,8 ἀφανισμοῦ, Hebr 8,13 (cf. Cremer, 223).

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