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ἐγγύς

Transliteration eggys		Pronunciation en-gü's (Key)
Part of Speech adverb		Root Word (Etymology) From a primary verb agcho (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of ἀγκάλη (G43))
TDNT Reference 2:330,194	Vines View Entry

1) near, of place and position

a) near

b) those who are near access to God

1) Jews, as opposed to those who are alien from God and his blessings

2) The Rabbis used the term "to make nigh" as equivalent to "to make a proselyte"

2) of time

a) of times imminent and soon to come pass

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Strong's Number G1451 matches the Greek ἐγγύς (eggys), which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in Jhn of the Greek concordance of the KJV
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Jhn 2:13	And the Jews' passover was at hand¹⁴⁵¹, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
Jhn 3:23	And John also was baptizing in Aenon near¹⁴⁵¹ to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came , and were baptized .
Jhn 6:4	And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh¹⁴⁵¹.
Jhn 6:19	So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh¹⁴⁵¹ unto the ship: and they were afraid .
Jhn 6:23	(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh¹⁴⁵¹ unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks :)
Jhn 7:2	Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand¹⁴⁵¹.
Jhn 11:18	Now Bethany was nigh¹⁴⁵¹ unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
Jhn 11:54	Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near¹⁴⁵¹ to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
Jhn 11:55	And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand¹⁴⁵¹: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Jhn 19:20	This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh¹⁴⁵¹ to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, [and] Greek, [and] Latin.
Jhn 19:42	There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand¹⁴⁵¹.

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