παραπλήσιον

English (Strong)

neuter of a compound of παρά and the base of πλησίον (as adverb); close by, i.e. (figuratively) almost: nigh unto.

English (Thayer)

(neuter of the adjective παραπλήσιος), adverb, near to, almost to: ἠσθένησεν παραπλήσιον θανάτῳ (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54,6), Thucydides 7,19; in like manner, Polybius)