Literally, shooting over; hence, hanging over; impending; threatening; near; appearing as if about to fall on; used of evils; as imminent danger; imminent judgments, evils or death.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to.
In an imminent manner.
Destiny Roget’s Thesaurus §152
N. destiny, future existence, post existence, hereafter, future state, next world, world to come, after life, futurity, everlasting life, everlasting death, life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave, prospect
V. impend, hang over, lie over, threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face, foreordain, preordain, predestine, doom, have in store for
Adj. impending, destined, about to be, happen, coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near, near, close at hand, over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent, brewing, preparing, forthcoming, in the wind, on the cards, in reserve, that will, is to be, in prospect, looming in the distance, horizon, future, unborn, in embryo, in the womb of time, futurity, pregnant
Adv. in time, the long run, all in good time, eventually, whatever may happen, as chance would have it, 1, constancy of sequence in events
Approach Roget’s Thesaurus §286
V. approach, approximate, appropinquate, near, get near, go near, draw near, come to close quarters, come near, move towards, set in towards, drift, make up to, gain upon, pursue, tread on the heels of, bear up, make the land, hug the shore, hug the land
Adv. on the road
Int. come hither, approach, here, come, come near, forward
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0 KJV and 3 BSB verses contain “Imminent”
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.