2001 Translation

EGGYS, eggys

Sounds Like: eng-GYS

Translations: near, close, at hand, nigh

From the root: ἘΓΓΥΣ

Part of Speech: Adverb, Adjective, Preposition

Explanation: This word indicates proximity, either in terms of physical distance (near, close) or temporal closeness (at hand, imminent). It is often used to describe something that is about to happen or is very close in time. It can function adverbially, modifying a verb, or adjectivally, describing a noun, and sometimes as a preposition taking the genitive case.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G1451 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 21:3

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:28

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 21:3, 26:3, 27:3

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 4:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 10:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 15:3

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 16:104

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 20:335
• Book 5 — 8:315
• Book 6 — 10:195, 11:223
• Book 7 — 9:218, 10:249, 11:284
• Book 8 — 11:274, 13:340, 15:414
• Book 9 — 6:114
• Book 10 — 8:137
• Book 11 — 8:342
• Book 14 — 5:85, 13:345, 15:465
• Book 15 — 9:324

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 20:17
• Book Two — 9:4, 10:6
• Book Four — 2:25, 10:33
• Book Seven — 8:27

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 56:21, 98:3, 103:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 7:3, 18:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 19:20, 45:10
• Exodus — 13:17
• Deuteronomy — 2:19, 2:37, 4:46, 30:14, 32:35, 34:6
• Judges — 3:20
• 1 Kings — 8:46
• 2 Chronicles — 6:36
• Esther — 1:14, 9:20
• Tobit — 3:15, 3:15, 5:10
• 1 Maccabees — 4:18, 8:12
• Psalms — 21:11, 33:19, 84:10, 118:151, 144:18
• Odes — 2:35
• Proverbs — 27:10
• Ecclesiastes — 4:17
• Job — 13:18, 17:12
• Wisdom — 6:19
• Sirach — 38:28, 51:26
• Isaiah — 13:6, 57:19
• Jeremiah — 12:2, 31:16, 31:24, 32:12, 42:4
• Ezekiel — 6:12, 23:12, 30:3
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 9:7
• Joel — 1:15, 2:1, 3:14
• Obadiah — 1:15
• Zephaniah — 1:7, 1:14

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 6:5, 9:4
• Parable 9 — 6:2, 10:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 3:4
• Vision 3 — 2:9, 7:3
• Vision 4 — 1:9

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 24:32, 24:33, 26:18
• Mark — 13:28, 13:29
• Luke — 19:11, 21:30, 21:31
• John — 2:13, 3:23, 6:4, 6:19, 6:23, 7:2, 11:18, 11:54, 11:55, 19:20, 19:42
• Acts — 1:12, 9:38, 27:8
• Romans — 10:8
• Ephesians — 2:13, 2:17
• Philippians — 4:5
• Hebrews — 6:8, 8:13
• Revelation — 1:3, 22:10

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
• ἘΓΓΙΣΤΑ — nearest, closest, very near, very close
• ἘΓΓΙΩΝ — nearer, closer, neighboring, approaching
• ἘΓΓΥΘΕΝ — near, from near, at hand, close by
• 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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