'Nigh' in the Bible

And it came to pass in their conversing and reasoning together, that Jesus himself, having come nigh, was going on with them,

And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized --

And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

and the feast of the Jews was nigh -- that of tabernacles --

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.

And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey off.

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,

And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'

And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

And when the fourteenth night came -- we being borne up and down in the Adria -- toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

in the saying 'new,' He hath made the first old, and what doth become obsolete and is old is nigh disappearing.

For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain is, but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it -- for the time is nigh!

And he saith to me, 'Thou mayest not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is nigh;