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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 21:23εἰς · among
    Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
  2. Acts 1:10εἰς · into
    They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
  3. Acts 1:11εἰς · into; εἰς · into; εἰς · into
    “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
  4. Acts 1:12εἰς · to
    Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
  5. Acts 1:13εἰς · to
    When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
  6. Acts 1:25εἰς · to
    …to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
  7. Acts 2:5εἰς · in
    Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
  8. Acts 2:20εἰς · to; εἰς · to
    The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
  9. Acts 2:22εἰς · to
    Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
  10. Acts 2:25εἰς · about
    David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  11. Acts 2:27εἰς · to
    …because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  12. Acts 2:31εἰς · to
    Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
  13. Acts 2:34εἰς · into
    For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
  14. Acts 2:38εἰς · for the
    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  15. Acts 2:39εἰς
    This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
  16. Acts 3:1εἰς · to
    One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
  17. Acts 3:2εἰς
    And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
  18. Acts 3:3εἰς
    When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
  19. Acts 3:4εἰς · at; εἰς · at
    Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
  20. Acts 3:8εἰς · into
    He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
  21. Acts 4:3εἰς · in; εἰς · until
    They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
  22. Acts 4:11εἰς
    This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
  23. Acts 4:17εἰς · among
    But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
  24. Acts 4:30εἰς · to
    …as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
  25. Acts 5:15εἰς · into
    As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
  26. Acts 5:21εἰς; εἰς · to
    At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
  27. Acts 5:36εἰς · to
    Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
  28. Acts 6:11εἰς · against
    Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
  29. Acts 6:12εἰς · before
    So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
  30. Acts 6:15εἰς · at
    All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
  31. Acts 7:3εἰς · to
    …and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
  32. Acts 7:4εἰς · [and] into; εἰς
    So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
  33. Acts 7:5εἰς
    He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
  34. Acts 7:9εἰς · into
    Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
  35. Acts 7:12εἰς · in
    When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
  36. Acts 7:15εἰς · to
    So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
  37. Acts 7:16εἰς · to
    Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
  38. Acts 7:19εἰς · so
    He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
  39. Acts 7:21εἰς · as
    When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
  40. Acts 7:26εἰς
    The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
  41. Acts 7:34εἰς · back to
    I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
  42. Acts 7:39εἰς · to
    But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
  43. Acts 7:53εἰς · by
    …you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”