{"def":{"short":"near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)","long":["near, of place and position",["near","those who are near access to God",["Jews, as opposed to those who are alien from God and his blessings","The Rabbis used the term \"to make nigh\" as equivalent to \"to make a proselyte\""]],"of time",["of times imminent and soon to come pass"]]},"deriv":"from a primary verb ἄγχω (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of G0043)","pronun":{"ipa":"ɛŋˈɣys","ipa_mod":"e̞ŋˈɣjus","sbl":"engys","dic":"eng-GOOS","dic_mod":"ayng-GYOOS"},"see":["G0043"]}