Meaning
Near, nigh ner, ni (chiefly qarobh, "to draw near," qarabh; eggus): Used of proximity in place (Gen 19:20, Gen 45:10, Exo 13:17, Psa 22:11, Joh 3:23, etc.), time (Jer 48:16, Eze 7:7, Eze 30:3, Mar 13:28), or kinship (Lev 21:2, Rth 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.