Definition

to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• (make to) approach (nigh)
• bring (forth
• hither
• near)
• (cause to) come (hither
• near
• nigh)
• give place
• go hard (up)
• (be
• draw
• go) near (nigh)
• offer
• overtake
• present
• put
• stand

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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