'Near' in the Bible

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—

So He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

Now in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew (Jewish Aramaic) Bethesda, having five porticoes (alcoves, colonnades).

[Now some] other small boats from Tiberias had come in near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Now the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) was approaching.

Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”

Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away;

And many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.

So Jesus, seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved (esteemed) standing near, said to His mother, “[Dear] woman, look, [here is] your son!”

Therefore, because of the Jewish day of Preparation, and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.