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nigh

Meaning of “nigh”

Near or close in place, time, relationship, kinship, condition, access, or degree; approaching, drawing close, at hand, or almost.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
100 occurrences98 verses26 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 47:29

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2 Samuel 10:13
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 10:13 · retained source text

And Ioab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, vnto the battell against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

2 Samuel 11:20
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 11:20 · retained source text

And if so be that the kings wrath arise, and hee say vnto thee, Wherefore approched ye so nigh vnto the city when yee did fight? Knew yee not that they would shoot from the wall?

2 Samuel 11:21
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 11:21 · retained source text

Who smote Abimelech the sonne of Ierubesheth? Did not a woman cast a piece of a milstone vpon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? Then say thou, Thy seruant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

1611 marginal noteIudg. 9.53.

2 Samuel 15:5
And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 15:5 · retained source text

And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him, to doe him obeisance, he put foorth his hand, and tooke him, and kissed him.

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Near; at a small distance in place or time, or in the course of events.

volume 2, leaf 188, column 1 (main_dictionary)