Near, Nigh

ner, ni (chiefly qarobh, "to draw near," qarabh; eggus): Used of proximity in place (Gen 19:20; Gen 45:10; Exod 13:17; Ps 22:11; John 3:23, etc.), time (Jer 48:16; Ezek 7:7; Ezek 30:3; Mark 13:28), or kinship (Lev 21:2; Ruth 3:12), but also employed of moral nearness. Yahweh is "nigh" to them that are of a broken heart (Ps 34:18). God draws nigh to His people, and they to Him (Jas 4:8). The antithesis is God's "farness" from the wicked.