Topic
Near, Nigh
13 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 19:20ISBE
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
- Genesis 45:10ISBE
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
- Exodus 13:17ISBE
¶ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
- Leviticus 21:2ISBE
But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
- Ruth 3:12ISBE
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
- Psalms 22:11ISBE
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
- Psalms 34:18ISBE
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
- Jeremiah 48:16ISBE
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
- Ezekiel 7:7ISBE
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
- Ezekiel 30:3ISBE
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
- Mark 13:28ISBE
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
- John 3:23ISBE
¶ And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
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- James 4:8 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 13 references
ner, ni (chiefly qarobh, "to draw near," qarabh; eggus): Used of proximity in place (Ge 19:20; 45:10; Ex 13:17; Ps 22:11; Joh 3:23, etc.), time (Jer 48:16; Eze 7:7; 30:3; Mr 13:28), or kinship (Le 21:2; Ru 3:12), but also employed of moral nearness. Yahweh is "nigh" to them that are of a broken heart (Ps 34:18). God draws nigh to His people, and they to Him (Jas 4:8). The antithesis is God's "farness" from the wicked.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.