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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

2. (v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

3. (v. t.) To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.

4. (v. t.) To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.

5. (v. t.) To take approaches to.

6. (n.) The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.

7. (n.) A access, or opportunity of drawing near.

8. (v. i.) Movements to gain favor; advances.

9. (n.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.

10. (n.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

11. (v. i.) See Approaching.

Greek

4334. proserchomai -- to approach, to draw near
... to approach, to draw near. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proserchomai Phonetic
Spelling: (pros-er'-khom-ahee) Short Definition: I come near, consent to ...
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1448. eggizo -- to make near, refl. to come near
... to come near. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eggizo Phonetic Spelling:
(eng-id'-zo) Short Definition: I come near, approach Definition: trans: I bring ...
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4365. prosporeuomai -- to come near
... to come near. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prosporeuomai Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-por-yoo'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I approach Definition: I come to ...
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4317. prosago -- to bring or lead to
... to bring or lead to. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prosago Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-ag'-o) Short Definition: I bring near, approach Definition: I bring ...
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4331. proseggizo -- come nigh.
... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proseggizo Phonetic Spelling: (pros-eng-ghid'-
zo) Short Definition: I approach Definition: I approach, come near to. ...
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4330. proseao -- to permit further
... to permit further. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proseao Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-eh-ah'-o) Short Definition: I permit one to approach Definition: I ...
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676. aprositos -- unapproachable
... prefix) and a comp. of pros and eimi (to go) Definition unapproachable NASB
Word Usage unapproachable (1). which no man can approach. ...
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4318. prosagoge -- a bringing to
... a bringing to. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: prosagoge Phonetic
Spelling: (pros-ag-ogue-ay') Short Definition: approach, access Definition ...
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952. bebelos -- permitted to be trodden, by impl. unhallowed
... because of. 952 ("profane because of improper entrance") refers to people () ,
because they approach Him . See also 949 (). Word ...
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2827. klino -- to cause to bend
... I rest, recline, make to yield Definition: trans: I rest, recline; I bend, incline;
I cause to give ground, make to yield; intrans: I decline, approach my end. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7126. qarab -- to come near, approach
... 7125, 7126. qarab. 7127 . to come near, approach. Transliteration: qarab Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-rab') Short Definition: offer. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5066. nagash -- to draw near, approach
... 5065, 5066. nagash. 5067 . to draw near, approach. Transliteration: nagash
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-gash') Short Definition: near. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7127. qereb -- to approach
... 7126, 7127. qereb. 7128 . to approach. Transliteration: qereb Phonetic Spelling:
(ker-abe') Short Definition: approached. ... approach, come near, nigh, draw near ...
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8387. Taanath Shiloh -- perhaps "approach to Shiloh," a city of ...
... perhaps "approach to Shiloh," a city of Ephraim. Transliteration: Taanath Shiloh
Phonetic Spelling: (tah-an-ath' shee-lo') Short Definition: Taanath-shiloh. ...
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7132. qirbah -- an approach
... qirbah. 7133 . an approach. Transliteration: qirbah Phonetic Spelling:
(ker-aw-baw') Short Definition: nearness. ... From qarab; approach -- approaching, draw ...
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7131. qareb -- approaching
... approach, come near, nigh, draw near. From qarab; near -- approach, come (near,
nigh), draw near. see HEBREW qarab. 7130, 7131. qareb. 7132 . Strong's Numbers
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7138. qarob -- near
... 2), who is near (1). allied, approach, at hand, any of kin, that is near
of kin, neighbor, that is next,. Or qarob {kaw-robe'}; from ...
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579. anah -- to be opportune, to meet, encounter opportunely
... A primitive root (perhaps rather identical with 'anah through the idea of contraction
in anguish); to approach; hence, to meet in various senses -- befall ...
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6293. paga -- to meet, encounter, reach
... root Definition to meet, encounter, reach NASB Word Usage approach (1), attack
(2), attacked (1), came (1), cut him down (1), entreat (2), fall (7), fell (4 ...
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5927. alah -- to go up, ascend, climb
... root Definition to go up, ascend, climb NASB Word Usage all means go (1), approach
(1), arise (2), arose (1), ascend (12), ascended (10), ascending (2 ...
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Library

February the Second How to Approach a Crisis
... FEBRUARY The Second HOW TO APPROACH A CRISIS. "It shall be given you in that same
hour." "Matthew 10:16-28. And so I am not to worry about the coming crisis! ...
/.../jowett/my daily meditation for the circling year/february the second how to.htm

Whether to Approach this Sacrament with Consciousness of Sin is ...
... OF THE USE OR RECEIVING OF THIS SACRAMENT IN GENERAL (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether to
approach this sacrament with consciousness of sin is the gravest of all sins? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether to approach this sacrament.htm

Messiah! at Thy Glad Approach
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCVII Messiah! at Thy glad approach. The
howling wilds are still; Thy praises fill the lonely waste,. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/ccvii messiah at thy glad.htm

Approach, My Soul, the Mercy-Seat
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCXXV Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat.
Where JESUS answers prayer; There humbly fall before His feet,. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/ccxxv approach my soul the.htm

Approach, My Soul, the Mercy-Seat
... SACRAMENTS AND RITES Holy Communion: Introits 303. Approach, my soul, the
mercy-seat. CM ... DOXOLOGY. Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat,. Where Jesus answers ...
/.../holy communion introits 303 approach.htm

At the Approach of Death.
... AT THE APPROACH OF DEATH. Der Tod klopft an bei mir, dass [169]Johann Heermann.
That Death is at my door, too well this anguish shows,. Yet I will fear him not. ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/at the approach of death.htm

Where Wisdom is to be Found; Why Pythagoras and Plato did not ...
... the divine institutes. Book IV. Of True Wisdom and Religion. Chap. II."Where Wisdom
is to Be Found; Why Pythagoras and Plato Did Not Approach the Jews. ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap ii where wisdom is to.htm

The Divine Scriptures Plainly Teach us as Follows, "Thou Shalt not ...
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. Canon LIV. The divine scriptures plainly
teach us as follows, "Thou shalt not approach to any that? ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon liv the divine scriptures.htm

The Removal of Our Children by Such Awful Strokes May Warn us of ...
... 2. THE Removal of our Children by such awful Strokes may warn us of the
Approach of our own Death. HEREBY GOD doth very sensibly ...
/.../2 the removal of our.htm

That the Unskilful Venture not to Approach an Office of Authority.
... THE Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, OF GREGORY THE GREAT BISHOP OF
ROME, Chapter I. That the unskilful venture not to approach an office of ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter i that the unskilful.htm

Thesaurus

Approach (56 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to
approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood. ...
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Access (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An ability or right to approach or enter;
admission; as, to gain access to a governor. 2. (n.) The ...
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Approaching (24 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Approach. ... Leviticus 18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
fathers brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. ...
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Uncover (35 Occurrences)
... (KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS). Leviticus 18:6 "'None of you shall approach anyone who are
his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh. ...
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Dawning (11 Occurrences)
... DAWN; DAWNING. don: The word means the approach of the morning light, the breaking
of the day. There are several words in the Bible that indicate this. ...
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Dawn (70 Occurrences)
... DAWN; DAWNING. don: The word means the approach of the morning light, the breaking
of the day. There are several words in the Bible that indicate this. ...
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Meet (281 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach
from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as ...
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Come
... 1. (pp) of Come. 2. (n.) To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the
speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go. ...
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Nakedness (50 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 18:6 "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives,
to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Near (3455 Occurrences)
... 13. (adv.) To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land. 14. (vi) To
draw near; to approach. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NEAR, NIGH. ...
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Resources

What is the bad news / good news approach to sharing the gospel? | GotQuestions.org

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Approach (56 Occurrences)

Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join this chariot.
(DBY)

Ephesians 3:12
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
(See NIV)

1 Timothy 6:16
who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 4:16
Let us approach therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.
(DBY NIV)

Hebrews 7:25
Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.
(DBY)

Hebrews 10:1
For the law, having a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of the things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually yearly, perfect those who approach.
(DBY)

Genesis 23:8
He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
(See NAS)

Exodus 3:5
And he said, Approach not hither: put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
(WBS)

Exodus 19:22
Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them."
(See NIV)

Exodus 24:2
Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."
(See NIV)

Exodus 24:14
He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."
(See NAS)

Exodus 28:43
They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 30:20
When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying,'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 18:6
"'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 18:14
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 18:19
"'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 20:16
"'If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 21:11
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
(See NAS)

Leviticus 21:17
"Say to Aaron,'None of your seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 21:18
For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Leviticus 21:23
He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"
(See RSV NIV)

Numbers 4:19
but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS)

Deuteronomy 2:19
and when you come near over against the children of Ammon, don't bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession."
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 2:37
Only thou didst not approach the land of the children of Ammon, the whole border of the river Jabbok, nor the cities of the mountain, nor to whatsoever Jehovah our God had forbidden us.
(DBY)

Deuteronomy 20:2
It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Deuteronomy 20:3
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
(KJV DBY WBS NAS)

Deuteronomy 20:10
When thou approachest unto a city to fight against it, thou shalt proclaim peace unto it.
(Root in DBY NAS)

Deuteronomy 31:14
Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him." Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Joshua 8:5
I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Judges 19:13
He said to his servant, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah."
(See NAS)

Judges 19:25
But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold of his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all night until the morning: and when the day began to dawn, they let her go.
(See NAS)

1 Samuel 10:5
"After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
(See NIV)

Job 31:37
The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 36:33
Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.
(See NIV)

Job 40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
(KJV JPS WBS NIV)

Job 41:13
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
(See NIV)

Psalms 46:5
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.
(See JPS)

Psalms 65:4
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 91:7
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
(See NAS)

Ecclesiastes 12:1
Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
(See NIV)

Isaiah 5:19
Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 41:1
Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 41:5
The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
(WEB NIV)

Jeremiah 30:21
Their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 37:11
It happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
(See RSV)

Lamentations 2:3
He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 18:6
and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 40:46
And the cell whose front is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, those who, from among the sons of Levi, approach unto Jehovah to minister unto him.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 42:13
Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
(KJV WBS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 42:14
When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertains to the people.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Ezekiel 43:19
And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
(KJV WBS)

Ezekiel 44:15
But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall approach unto me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to present unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 44:16
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall approach unto my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
(DBY RSV)

Ezekiel 45:4
It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Yahweh; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.
(See RSV)

Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Approach

Related Terms

Access (9 Occurrences)

Approaching (24 Occurrences)

Uncover (35 Occurrences)

Dawning (11 Occurrences)

Dawn (70 Occurrences)

Meet (281 Occurrences)

Come

Nakedness (50 Occurrences)

Near (3455 Occurrences)