, (a) c. gen., on the side of, in the interests of, for (literary). Ac. 27:34; (b) c. dat., close to, close by, near, at; (c) c. acc. (of persons, places, things), (1) to, with verbs of coming, sending, bringing, saying; (2) near, after the verb ‘to be’, &c. (instead of παρά τινι); (3) near, instead of παρά, Ac. 5:10, into the house of, Ac. 11:3; (4) of time, near, Lk. 24:29: for (a time), and no longer, Lk. 8:13, John 5:35, Heb. 12:10, &c.; (5) of hostile or friendly relations, with, μάχεσθαι,