A primitive root; to "be" or "come" (causatively "bring") "near" (for any purpose); euphemistically to "lie with" a woman; as an enemy, to "attack"; religiously to "worship"; causatively to "present"; figuratively to "adduce" an argument; by reversal, to "stand back: - "(make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (higher, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.