A primary preposition; properly "near", that is, (with genitive case) "from beside" (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) "at" (or "in") the "vicinity" of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the "proximity" with (local [especially "beyond" or "opposed" to] or causal ["on account" of]). In compounds it retains the same variety of application: - above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give [such things as they], + that [she] had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side... by, in the sight of, than, [there-] fore, with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.