Near, Nigh
Near, Nigh
ner, n (chiefly , karobh, to draw near, , karabh; , eggus): Used of proximity in place (Gen 19:20; Gen 45:10; Exo 13:17; Psa 22:11; Joh 3:23, etc.), time (Jer 48:16; Eze 7:7; Eze 30:3; Mar 13:28), or kinship (Lev 21:2; Rth 3:12), but also employed of moral nearness. Yahweh is nigh to them that are of a broken heart (Psa 34:18). God draws nigh to His people, and they to Him (Jam 4:8). The antithesis is God’s farness from the wicked.