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

John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
John 3:18 The one who believes in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him is not condemned, but the one who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the name of God’s one and only Son.
John 3:19 And the basis for judging is this, that light has come into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the world and people love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.
John 3:22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Judean countryside, and he was there with them for a time and was baptizing.
John 3:24 (John had not yet been thrown into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) prison.)
John 3:36 The one who believes in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Son has eternal life; but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 4:3 he left Judea and departed again for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee.
John 4:5 So he came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
John 4:8 (For his disciples had gone off to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the town to buy food.)
John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again (eis | εἰς | prep-acc), but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water gushing up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) eternal life.”
John 4:28 Then the woman left her water jar and went off to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the town. She told the people there,
John 4:36 The reaper is already receiving wages and gathering a crop for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
John 4:38 I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not labor. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) their labor.”
John 4:39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him because of what the woman had said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”
John 4:43 Two days later Jesus left from there and went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee
John 4:45 When he arrived in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the feast (for they too had gone to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the feast).
John 4:46 So Jesus came again to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. Now in Capernaum there was a certain officer in the royal service whose son was ill.
John 4:47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.
John 4:54 Now this was the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Galilee.
John 5:1 After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem.
John 5:7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am on my way someone else steps down ahead of me.”
John 5:24 I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) judgment, but has passed from death to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) life.
John 5:29 and will come out — those who have done good, to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a resurrection unto life, and those who have practiced evil, to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a resurrection unto condemnation.
John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, on (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) whom you have set your hope.
John 6:3 Jesus went up on (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the mountainside, and he sat down there with his disciples.