LXX Concordance for ἐγγὺς

“Look, this town is close enough for me to flee to. It is a small place. Please let me run to it ​— ​it's only a small place, isn't it? ​— ​so that I can survive.”

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road to the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearby; for God said, “The people will change their minds and return to Egypt if they face war.”

“When you get close to the Ammonites, don't show any hostility to them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the Ammonites' land as a possession; I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.' ”

across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt.

“But the message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it.

“Vengeance and retribution belong to me.[fn]

In time their foot will slip,

for their day of disaster is near,

and their doom is coming quickly.”

He buried him[fn] in the valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows where his grave is.

Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his upstairs room where it was cool. Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you,” and the king stood up from his throne.

When they sin against you —

for there is no one who does not sin —

and you are angry with them

and hand them over to the enemy,

and their captors deport them

to a distant or nearby country,

The most trusted ones[fn] were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. They were the seven officials of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and occupied the highest positions in the kingdom.

Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all of King Ahasuerus's provinces, both near and far.

They turned night into day

and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

The LORD is near the brokenhearted;

he saves those crushed in spirit.

His salvation is very near those who fear him,

so that glory may dwell in our land.

You are near, LORD,

and all your commands are true.

The LORD is near all who call out to him,

all who call out to him with integrity.

Don't abandon your friend or your father's friend,

and don't go to your brother's house

in your time of calamity;

better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to approach in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

Wail! For the day of the LORD is near.

It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

“creating words of praise.”[fn]

The LORD says,

“Peace, peace to the one who is far or near,

and I will heal him.

You planted them, and they have taken root.

They have grown and produced fruit.

You are ever on their lips,[fn]

but far from their conscience.[fn]

and I brought them into the temple of the LORD to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God, who had a chamber near the officials' chamber, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.

Moab's calamity is near at hand;

his disaster is rushing swiftly.

“The one who is far off will die by plague; the one who is near will fall by the sword; and the one who remains and is spared[fn] will die of famine. In this way I will exhaust my wrath on them.

“She lusted after the Assyrians: governors and prefects, warriors splendidly dressed, horsemen riding on steeds, all of them desirable young men.

For a day is near;

a day belonging to the LORD is near.

It will be a day of clouds,

a time of doom[fn] for the nations.

Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel ​— ​those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where you have banished them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward you.

Woe because of that day!

For the day of the LORD is near

and will come as devastation from the Almighty.

Multitudes, multitudes

in the valley of decision!

For the day of the LORD is near

in the valley of decision.

For the day of the LORD is near,

against all the nations.

As you have done, it will be done to you;

what you deserve will return on your own head.

Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD,

for the day of the LORD is near.

Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice;

he has consecrated his guests.

The great day of the LORD is near,

near and rapidly approaching.

Listen, the day of the LORD —

then the warrior's cry is bitter.