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

Acts 5:36 For before these days there rose up Theudas, saying that he himself was someone, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all, as many as followed him, were dispersed, and the movement came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) nothing.
Acts 6:11 Then they secretly talked some men into saying, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Moses and God.”
Acts 6:12 And they incited the people and the elders and the scribes, and they suddenly moved in and seized him and brought him before (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the council,
Acts 6:15 And everyone who was sitting in the council, looking intently at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him, saw his face like the face of an angel.
Acts 7:3 and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your relatives and come to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the land that I will show you.’
Acts 7:4 Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God had him move to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) this land in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) which you are now living.
Acts 7:5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but promised to give it to him as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a possession and to his descendants after him, though as yet Abraham had no child.
Acts 7:9 “And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Egypt; but God was with him,
Acts 7:12 But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Egypt, sent our fathers out on their first visit.
Acts 7:15 And Jacob went down into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Egypt, and he himself died there, along with our fathers,
Acts 7:16 and they were brought back to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
Acts 7:19 He took advantage of our nation and mistreated our fathers, making them expose their infants, so (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) that they would not be kept alive.
Acts 7:21 and when he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh rescued him and brought him up for herself as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a son.
Acts 7:26 On the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them to be at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you hurting one another?’
Acts 7:34 Surely I have seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Egypt.’
Acts 7:39 To him our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but thrust him aside, and turned in their hearts to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Egypt,
Acts 7:53 You, who received the law by (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) decrees given by angels and did not keep it.”
Acts 7:55 But Stephen, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked right into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Acts 8:3 But Saul was making havoc of the church; entering house after house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) prison.
Acts 8:5 Philip went down to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming to them the Christ.
Acts 8:16 for he had not yet fallen on any one of them, but they had simply been baptized in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver go with you to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) destruction, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Acts 8:23 For I see that you are in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the gall of bitterness and in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the bond of unrighteousness.”
Acts 8:25 Now after solemnly testifying and speaking the word of the Lord, they returned to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
Acts 8:26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, saying, “Rise and go toward the south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Gaza.” This is a desert place.