Vocabulary Form
εἰς
Definition

into; in

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
1767
GK
1650
Cognates

Eisegesis is poor hermeneutical practice because it reads a meaning into the text instead of drawing it out of (exegesis) the text.

Mnemonic Singing

Changed from glory into glory,
'til in heaven we take our place.

Song
Verse

“Jesus was led by the Spirit εἰς the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” (Matt 4:1)

“Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized εἰς the Jordan River by John.” (Mark 1:9)

Notes

In classical Greek, there was little overlap in meaning between εἰς ("into") and ἐν ("in"), but in Koine Greek there is more.

Biblical Concordance

Mark 6:53 So when they had crossed over, they came to land at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Gennesaret where they tied up the boat.
Mark 6:56 And wherever he entered villages, towns, or rural areas, they would place the sick in the marketplaces and implore him that they might touch just the fringe of his cloak. And as many as touched him were made well.
Mark 7:15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside that is able to defile him. Rather the things that come out of a man are the things that defile him.”
Mark 7:17 And when Jesus entered the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Mark 7:18 So he said to them, “Are you too so lacking in understanding? Do you not know that nothing coming into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a man from outside is able to defile him,
Mark 7:19 because it does not enter his heart, but his stomach, and goes out into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the latrine?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
Mark 7:24 From there Jesus arose and went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the region of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, yet he was not able to escape attention.
Mark 7:30 And when she arrived at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) her house, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having departed.
Mark 7:31 Departing again from the region of Tyre, Jesus went through Sidon to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Sea of Galilee, in the midst of the region of the Decapolis.
Mark 7:33 Taking him aside from the crowd privately, Jesus put his fingers into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the man’s ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.
Mark 7:34 Looking up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) heaven, he gave a deep sigh and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened”).
Mark 8:3 If I send them to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) their homes without food, they will faint from exhaustion on the way; and some of them have come from a distance.”
Mark 8:10 And immediately he got into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the boat with his disciples and went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the district of Dalmanutha.
Mark 8:13 Then he left them, got into the boat again, and crossed to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the other side.
Mark 8:19 When I broke the five loaves for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” They said “Twelve.”
Mark 8:20 “When I broke the seven loaves for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they said, “Seven.”
Mark 8:22 And they came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.
Mark 8:23 And taking the hand of the blind man, he led him outside the village. Then, after moistening the eyes of the blind man with saliva and laying his hands on him, Jesus asked him, “What do you see?”
Mark 8:26 And Jesus sent him to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his home, saying, “Do not go back into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the village.”
Mark 8:27 And Jesus and his disciples went on to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he questioned his disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say I am?”
Mark 9:2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,
Mark 9:22 indeed frequently it has even cast him into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) fire and into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again!”
Mark 9:28 And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him in private, “Why were we not able to cast it out?”
Mark 9:31 for he was teaching his disciples and saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the hands of men, and they will kill him. Then three days after he has been killed, he will rise.