from a primary verb agcho (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of G43); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time):--from , at hand, near, nigh (at hand, unto), ready.
near, of place and position
near
those who are near access to God
Jews, as opposed to those who are alien from God and his blessings
The Rabbis used the term "to make nigh" as equivalent to "to make a proselyte"
