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