Definition

close by, i.e. (figuratively) almost

Etymology

neuter of a compound of G3844 (παρά) and the base of G4139 (πλησίον) (as adverb);

Word family

• παρά pará
• πλησίον plēsíon

How the KJV renders it

• nigh unto

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.