'Near' in the Bible

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—

So He *came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.

There came other small boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;

Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

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