engys · near

What it means

engys (ἐγγύς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “near”.

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How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Close by, in place or time.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• Luke×3
• John×11
• Acts×3
• Romans×1
• Ephesians×2
• Philippians×1
• Hebrews×2
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 24:32

  Now from the fig tree learn the parable: when its branch has already become tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

• Matthew 24:33

  So you also, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the doors.

• Matthew 26:18

  And he said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near; at your house I am keeping the Passover with my disciples.”’”

• Mark 13:28

  Now from the fig tree learn the parable: when its branch has already become tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

• Mark 13:29

  So you too, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, at the doors.

• Luke 19:11

  And as they were listening to these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

• Luke 21:30

  When they already put out leaves, seeing it you know for yourselves that summer is already near.

• Luke 21:31

  So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

• John 2:13

  And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

• John 3:23

  And John too was immersing at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there, and people kept coming and being immersed.

• John 6:4

  Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

• John 6:19

  So when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

• John 6:23

  However, boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

• John 7:2

  Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.

• John 11:18

  Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

• John 11:54

  So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

• John 11:55

  Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

• John 19:20

  So many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, in Greek.

• John 19:42

  So there, because of the day of preparation of the Jews, since the tomb was near, they laid Jesus.

• Acts 1:12

  Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

• Acts 9:38

  And since Lod was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, “Do not delay to come to us.”

• Acts 27:8

  and coasting along it with difficulty we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

• Romans 10:8

  But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart; that is, the word of faith that we proclaim:

• Ephesians 2:13

  But now in the Messiah Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of the Messiah.

• Ephesians 2:17

  And he came and proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far off and peace to those near;

• Philippians 4:5

  Let your gentleness be known to all people. The Lord is near.

• Hebrews 6:8

  but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to a curse, whose end is for burning.

• Hebrews 8:13

  In speaking of a new one, he has made the first one old; and what is becoming old and growing aged is near to disappearing.

• Revelation 1:3

  Happy is the one who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

• Revelation 22:10

  And he says to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.