ἐγγίζω

ἐγγίζω — engízō

ἐγγίζω; imperfect ἠγγιζον; Attic future ἐγγιω (Jas 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., Gen 48:10; Isa 5:8.

2. intransitive, to draw or come near, to approach; absolutely, Mat 21:34; Luk 18:40;;; Act 7:17; Act 21:33; Act 23:15; (Heb 10:25); perfect ἤγγικε, has come nigh, is at hand: ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ, Mat 3:2; Mat 4:17; Mat 10:7; Mar 1:15; Luk 10:11; with the addition ἐφ' ὑμᾶς, Luk 10:9; ἡ ἐρήμωσις, Luk 21:20; ἡ ὥρα, Mat 26:45; ὁ παραδιδούς με, Mat 26:46; (Mar 14:42 (where Tdf. ἤγγισεν)); ὁ καιρός, Luk 21:8; ἡ ἡμέρα, Rom 13:12; τό τέλος, 1Pe 4:7; ἡ παρουσία τοῦ κυρίου, Jas 5:8. Construed with the dative of the person or the place approached: Luk 7:12; Luk 15:1; Luk 15:25; Luk 22:47 : Act 9:3; Act 10:9; Act 22:6; ἐγγίζειν τῷ Θεῷ (in the Sept. used especially of the priests entering the temple to offer sacrifices or to perform other ministrations there, Exo 19:22; Exo 34:30; Lev 10:3, etc.): to worship God, Mat 15:8 Rec., from Isa 29:13; to turn one's thoughts to God, to become acquainted with him, Heb 7:19; ὁ Θεός ἐγγίζει τίνι, God draws near to one in the bestowment of his grace and help, Jas 4:8. Followed by εἰς and the accusative of the place: Mat 21:1; Mar 11:1; Luk 18:35; Luk 19:29; Luk 24:28; (followed by πρός with the dative, Luk 19:37, see Buttmann, § 147, 28; others regard this as a pregnant construction, cf. Winer's Grammar, §§ 48, e.; 66, 2 d.); μέχρι θανάτου ἤγγισε, to draw nigh unto, be at the point of, death, Php 2:30 (ἐγγίζειν εἰς θάνατον, Job 33:22); with an adverb of place, ὅπου κλέπτης οὐκ ἐγγίζει, Luk 12:33. (Compare: προσεγγίζω.)