ἘΓΓΙΟΝΟΣ, ἐγγιονος
EGGIONOS, eggionos
Sounds Like: eng-GHEE-oh-nos
Translations: nearer, closer, more imminent
From the root: ἘΓΓΥΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective meaning 'nearer' or 'closer'. It describes something that is at a shorter distance or time than something else. It can be used to indicate physical proximity or temporal closeness, such as an event being more imminent.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1451 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 2:23
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.
- 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
- ἘΓΓΥΤΕΡΩ — nearer, closer
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