Definition

more nearly, i.e. very near

Etymology

neuter comparative of the base of G1451 (ἐγγύς);

Word family

• ἐγγύς engýs

How the KJV renders it

• close

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.