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εἰς

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Definition

εἰς,

prep. with accusative,

expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, with accusative).

I. Of place.

1. After verbs of motion;

(a) of entrance into: Matthew 8:23; 9:7, Mark 1:45, Luke 2:15; 8:31, al.;

(b) of approach, to or towards: Mark 11:1, Luke 6:8; 19:28, John 11:31; 21:6, al.;

(with) before pl. and collective nouns, among: Mark 4:7; 8:19, 20, Luke 11:49, John 21:23, al.;

(d) Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Matthew 8:18; 21:1, Mark 11:1; 13:16, Luke 14:10, John 6:3; 11:32, al.; with accusative of person(s) (as in Ep. and Ion.), Acts 23:15, Romans 5:12; 16:19, 2 Corinthians 10:14;

(e) elliptical: ἐπιστολαὶ εἰς Δαμασκόν, Acts 9:2; ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱ., Romans 15:31; metaphorically, of entrance into a certain state or condition, or of approach or direction towards some end (Thayer, B, i, 1; ii, 1), εἰς τ. ὄνομα, M, Pr., 200.

2. Of direction;

(a) after verbs of seeing: Matthew 6:26, Mark 6:41, Luke 9:16, 62, John 13:22, al.; metaphorically, of the mind, Hebrews 11:26; 12:2, al.;

(b) after verbs of speaking: Matthew 13:10; 14:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, al.

3. After verbs of rest;

(a) in "pregnant" construction, implying previous motion (cl.; see WM, 516; Bl., §39, 3; M, Pr., 234f.): Matthew 2:23; 4:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, 2 Timothy 1:11, Hebrews 11:9, al.;

(b) by an assimilation general in late Gk (see Bl., M, Pr., ll. with) = ἐν: Luke 1:44; 4:23, Acts 20:16; 21:17, John 1:18 (but see Westc, in l.), al.

II. Of time, for, unto;

1. accentuating the duration expressed by the accusative: εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Matthew 21:19; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ., Luke 1:50; εἰς τ. διηνεκές, Hebrews 7:3, al.

2. Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until: Matthew 6:34, Acts 4:3; 25:21, Philippians 1:10; 2:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 2 Timothy 1:12; of entrance into a future period, σεις τὸ μέλλον (see: μέλλω), next (year), Luke 13:9 (but with ICC, in l.); εἰς τ. μεταξὺ σάββατον, on the next Sabbath, Acts 13:42; εἰς τὸ πάλιν (see: πάλιν, 2 Corinthians 13:2.

III. Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς, Revelation 11:6; μετας-, Acts 2:20, James 4:9; μεταλλάσσειν, Romans 1:26; σχίζειν εἰς δύο, Matthew 27:51, al.; predicatively with εἴναι, Acts 8:23.

IV. Of relation, to, towards, for, in regard to (so in cl., but more frequently in late Gk., εἰς encroaching on the simple dative, which it has wholly displaced in MGr.; Jannaris, Gr., §1541; Robertson, Gr., 594; Deiss., BS, 117f.): Luke 7:30, Romans 4:20; 15:2, 26, 1 Corinthians 16:1, Ephesians 3:16, al.; ἀγάπη εἰς, Romans 5:8, al.; χρηστός, Ephesians 4:32; φρονεῖν εἰς, Romans 12:16; θαρρεῖν, 2 Corinthians 10:1.

V. Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς, Luke 14:34; σόφος, Romans 16:19; ἰσχύειν, Matthew 5:13; εἰς τοῦτο, Mark 1:38, al.; ἀφορίζειν εἰς, Romans 1:1; indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον, Romans 8:15; εἰς ἔνδειξιν, Romans 3:25; εἰς τό, with inf. (= ἵνα or ὥστε; Bl., §71, 5; M, Pr., 218ff.): Matthew 20:19, Romans 1:11, 1 Corinthians 9:18, al.

VI. Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (see: τέλος, πάλιν, etc.).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as εἰς:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

1,768 total
  1. John 4:54εἰς · into
    This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
  2. John 5:1εἰς · to
    Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  3. John 5:7εἰς · into
    “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”
  4. John 5:24εἰς · under; εἰς · to
    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  5. John 5:29εἰς · to; εἰς · to
    …and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
  6. John 5:45εἰς · in
    Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
  7. John 6:3εἰς · on
    Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.
  8. John 6:9εἰς · among
    “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
  9. John 6:14εἰς · into
    When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
  10. John 6:15εἰς · to
    Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
  11. John 6:17εἰς; εἰς · to
    …got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.
  12. John 6:21εἰς · into; εἰς
    Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
  13. John 6:22εἰς
    The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.
  14. John 6:24εἰς · into; εἰς · to
    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.
  15. John 6:27εἰς · to
    Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
  16. John 6:29εἰς · in
    Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
  17. John 6:35εἰς · in
    Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
  18. John 6:40εἰς · in
    For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  19. John 6:51εἰς
    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
  20. John 6:58εἰς
    This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
  21. John 6:66εἰς
    From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
  22. John 7:3εἰς · to
    So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
  23. John 7:5εἰς · in
    For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
  24. John 7:8εἰς · to; εἰς · to
    Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
  25. John 7:10εἰς · to
    But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
  26. John 7:14εἰς · to
    About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
  27. John 7:31εἰς · in
    Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
  28. John 7:35εἰς · where
    At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
  29. John 7:38εἰς · in
    Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
  30. John 7:39εἰς · in
    He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
  31. John 7:48εἰς · in
    “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
  32. John 7:53εἰς · to
    Then each went to his own home.
  33. John 8:1εἰς · to
    But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
  34. John 8:2εἰς · into
    Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.
  35. John 8:6εἰς · on
    They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
  36. John 8:8εἰς · on
    And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.
  37. John 8:26εἰς
    “I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
  38. John 8:30εἰς · in
    As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
  39. John 8:35εἰς; εἰς
    A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever.
  40. John 8:51εἰς
    Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
  41. John 8:52εἰς
    “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
  42. John 9:7εἰς · in
    Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
  43. John 9:11εἰς · to
    He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”