ΓΓΥΣ, γγυς
GGYS, ggys
Sounds Like: eng-GYS
Translations: near, at hand, close, nigh
From the root: ΕΓΓΥΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'near' or 'at hand'. It indicates proximity in either space or time. It is often used to describe something that is about to happen or is very close in location.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G1451 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΓΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΓʼΓΥΣ — near, nigh, at hand, close, ready, imminent, of near, to near
- ΕΓΓΗΣ — near, nigh, at hand, close, almost, of near, to near
- ΕΓΓΙΟΝ — nearer, closer, more nearly
- ΕΓΓΙΟΝΟΣ — nearer, closer, more imminent, of nearer, of closer
- ΕΓΓΙΣΤΑ — nearest, closest, very near, very close, at hand
- ΕΓΓΙΩΝ — nearer, closer
- ΕΓΓΥΘΕΝ — from near, near, at hand, close by
- ΕΓΓΥΣ — near, nigh, at hand, close, ready, almost, of near
- ΕΓΓΥΤΑΤΟΙ — nearest, closest, the nearest ones, the closest ones
- ΕΓΓΥΤΕΡΟ — nearer, closer, more at hand
- ΕΓΓΥΤΕΡΩ — nearer, closer
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