Definition

akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)

Etymology

from a primary verb (to squeeze or throttle;

Where the KJV renders it

• from
• at hand
• near
• nigh (at hand
• unto)
• ready

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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