ἐγγίζω,
aorist ἤγγισα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus (see. below)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect ἤγγικα [[ LXX.Eze.7.4(7), NT.Matt.3.2 ] LXX+NT]: (ἐγγύς):—bring near, bring up to, τῇ γῇ τὰς ναῦς [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.4.7; τὰ φιλήματα τοῖς χείλεσι 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.37; τινὰ πρός τινα LXX.Gen.48.10. ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]
__II mostly intransitive, approach, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 845a20; τινί 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.4.1: with _genitive_, τῆς Αἰτωλίας [prev. author] 4.62.5, etc.; πρὸς τὸν θεόν LXX.Exo.19.21 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]; εἰς θάνατον[[LXX.Job.33.22 ] LXX]; ἕως[[LXX.Sir.37.30(33); μέχρι θανάτου NT.Phil.2.30 ] LXX+NT]; to be imminent, ἤγγικεν ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Κυρίου [[ NT.Jam.5.8 ] NT]: also, with genitive, approximate to, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 to be next of kin, [[ LXX.Lev.21.3. ] LXX]
__III with infinitive, to be on the point of doing, ναοῦ -οντος συμπεσεῖν [[ “IG” 12(1).1270.8 (from Syme). ] Refs]