ἘΓΓΥΤΑΤΩ, ἐγγυτατω
EGGYTATŌ, eggytatō
Sounds Like: eng-GY-tah-toh
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 terms of space, time, or relationship. It is used to describe something that is at the absolute minimum distance or time from another thing.
Inflection: Superlative Adverb, Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G1451 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:62
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
- ἘΓΓΥΣ — near, close, at hand, nigh
- ἘΓΓΥΤΑΤΟΙ — nearest, closest, very near, very close
- ἘΓΓΥΤΕΡΟΝ — nearer, closer, more at hand
- ἘΓΓΥΤΕΡΩ — nearer, closer
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