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

Matthew 12:20 A shattered reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, until he brings justice to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) victory.
Matthew 12:29 Or how can someone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his belongings, unless he first ties up the strong man? And then he will ransack his house.
Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the preaching of Jonah; and look, something greater than Jonah is here!
Matthew 12:44 Then it says, ‘I will return to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) my house from which I came.’ And when it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
Matthew 13:2 And great crowds gathered around him so that he got into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a boat and sat down, and all the crowd stood on the beach.
Matthew 13:22 As for the one who was sown among (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) thorns, this is the one who hears the message, but worldly anxiety and the deception of wealth choke the message and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the harvesters, “First gather the weeds and bind them into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) bundles to be burned, then gather the wheat into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) my barn.”’”
Matthew 13:33 He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and put into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
Matthew 13:36 Then he left the crowds and went into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Matthew 13:42 And they will throw them into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the sea and caught fish of every kind;
Matthew 13:48 and when it was full, they pulled it up onto the shore; and they sat down and put the good fish into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) baskets, but the bad they threw away.
Matthew 13:50 and cast them into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:54 And upon arriving at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his hometown, he taught them in their synagogue so that they were amazed and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?
Matthew 14:13 Now when Jesus heard about John, he left there by boat to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a deserted place to be alone; but when the crowds heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.
Matthew 14:15 When evening came, the disciples approached him, saying, “This is a deserted place and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so they can go into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the villages and buy food for themselves.”
Matthew 14:19 Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) heaven, said a blessing, and broke the loaves. He gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
Matthew 14:22 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the boat and go on ahead of him to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the opposite shore, until he had dismissed the crowds.
Matthew 14:23 And after sending the crowds away, he went up on (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the mountainside by himself to pray; and when evening came, he was there alone.
Matthew 14:31 And immediately Jesus reached out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) did you doubt?”
Matthew 14:32 And when they got into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the boat, the wind died down.
Matthew 14:34 And when they had crossed over, they came to land at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Gennesaret.
Matthew 14:35 When the men of that place recognized him, they sent word into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) all the surrounding area and brought to him all who were sick.
Matthew 15:11 It is not what goes into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Matthew 15:14 Leave them be! They are blind guides. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a pit.”