ἘΓΓΥΤΕΡΩ, ἐγγυτερω
EGGYTERŌ, eggyterō
Sounds Like: eng-GYOO-teh-roh
Translations: nearer, closer
From the root: ἘΓΓΥΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is a comparative adverb, meaning 'nearer' or 'closer'. It is derived from the adverb 'ἘΓΓΥΣ' (ENG-goos), which means 'near'. It is used to indicate a greater degree of proximity in space or time. For example, one might say 'come nearer' or 'the time is drawing closer'.
Inflection: Comparative Adverb, Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G1452 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
- ἘΓΓΥΤΑΤΩ — nearest, closest, very near, very close
- ἘΓΓΥΤΕΡΟΝ — nearer, closer, more at hand
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