near

The silver bowls had a smooth surface, and were wonderfully made as if they were intended for looking-glasses, so that everything which was brought near to them was reflected even more clearly than in mirrors.

Near the district belonging to the people of Ptolemais it issues into another river and this flows out into the sea.

After they had expressed their delight, he gave orders that the best quarters near the citadel should be assigned to them, and that preparations should be made for the banquet.

But the tyrant, although fiercely exasperated by his brethren, felt pity for the boy, and seeing him there already bound he had him brought near, and sought to persuade him, saying: 'Thou seest the end of the folly of thy brethren; for through their disobedience they have been racked to death. Thou, too, if thou dost not obey, wilt thyself also be miserably tortured and put to death before thy time; but if thou dost obey thou shalt be my friend, and thou shalt be advanced to high office in the business of the kingdom.'

And souls that were near departing they have caught back from death:

And they shall praise the Lord for His love: because He is near and beholdeth.

And I became near to Him, praising and confessing Him;

And forsake the ways of that corruption and draw near unto me, and I will enter into you, and will bring you forth from perdition,