Approach
Approach
“to draw near, to approach,” from engus, “near,” is used (a) of place and position, literally and physically, Mat 21:1; Mar 11:1; Luk 12:33; Luk 15:25; figuratively, of drawing near to God, Mat 15:8; Heb 7:19; Jam 4:8; (b) of time, with reference to things that are imminent, as the kingdom of heaven, Mat 3:2; Mat 4:17; Mat 10:7; the kingdom of God, Mar 1:15; Luk 10:9, Luk 10:11; the time of fruit, Mat 21:34; the desolation of Jerusalem, Luk 21:8; redemption, Luk 21:28; the fulfillment of a promise, Act 7:17; the Day of Christ in contrast to the present night of the world’s spiritual darkness, Rom 13:12; Heb 10:25; the coming of the Lord, Jam 5:8; the end of all things, 1Pe 4:7. It is also said of one who was drawing near to death, Phi 2:30. See COME, Note (16), DRAW, B, No. 1, HAND (at), NIGH.
“unapproachable, inaccessible” (a), negative, and an adjective formed from proseimi, “to go to”), is used, in 1Ti 6:16, of the light in which God dwells (AV, “which no man can approach unto;” RV, “unapproachable”).