ἘΓΓΙΣΤΑ, ἐγγιστα
EGGISTA, eggista
Sounds Like: eng-GISS-tah
Translations: nearest, closest, very near, very close
From the root: ἘΓΓΥΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is a superlative adverb meaning 'nearest' or 'closest'. It indicates the highest degree of proximity in space or time. It is used to describe something that is extremely close to something else.
Inflection: Superlative Adverb, Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G1451 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 5:1
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 10:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:254
- Book 5 — 1:49, 2:159, 9:331
- Book 6 — 12:265, 14:327
- Book 8 — 4:108, 8:228
- Book 9 — 5:102
- Book 11 — 5:177
- Book 13 — 1:8
- Book 14 — 10:193, 14:392, 15:416
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 16:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 32:27
- Leviticus — 21:2, 25:25
- Numbers — 27:11
- Judith — 16:24
- Tobit — 6:12, 7:10
- Psalms — 14:3, 37:12
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 9:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΓΓΥΣ.
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.
- ἘΓΓΙΟΝΟΣ — nearer, closer, more imminent
- ἘΓΓΙΩΝ — nearer, closer, neighboring, approaching
- ἘΓΓΥΘΕΝ — near, from near, at hand, close by
- ἘΓΓΥΣ — near, close, at hand, nigh
- ἘΓΓΥΤΑΤΟΙ — nearest, closest, very near, very close
- ἘΓΓΥΤΑΤΩ — nearest, closest, very near, very close
- ἘΓΓΥΤΕΡΟΝ — nearer, closer, more at hand
- ἘΓΓΥΤΕΡΩ — nearer, closer
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