Definition
into; in
Vocabulary Form
εἰς
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 16:12 | and from there to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We remained in that city for several days. |
| Acts 16:15 | And when she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us. |
| Acts 16:16 | Now as we were going to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the place of prayer, a slave girl who had a spirit of divination, met us. She brought great profit to her masters by fortune-telling. |
| Acts 16:19 | When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the marketplace before the rulers. |
| Acts 16:23 | And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) prison, charging the jailer to keep them securely, |
| Acts 16:24 | who, having received such a charge, put them into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the inner prison and fastened their feet in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the stocks. |
| Acts 16:34 | And when he had brought them up into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having placed his faith in God along with his entire household. |
| Acts 16:37 | But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) prison; and now would they send us away in secret? No indeed! They themselves must come and escort us out.” |
| Acts 17:1 | Having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Paul and Silas came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. |
| Acts 17:5 | But the Jews, moved by envy, recruited certain wicked men of the marketplace and, forming a mob, they set the city in an uproar. They attacked the house of Jason, trying to bring them out to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the people. |
| Acts 17:10 | And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas off by night to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Berea. When they got there, they went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the synagogue of the Jews. |
| Acts 17:20 | For you bring some strange things to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) our ears, so we want to know what these things mean.” |
| Acts 17:21 | (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) nothing else than to tell or to hear something new.) |
| Acts 18:1 | After this Paul departed from Athens and went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Corinth. |
| Acts 18:6 | But when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own head! I am guiltless. From now on I will go to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Gentiles.” |
| Acts 18:7 | And he left there and went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the house of one named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. |
| Acts 18:18 | Paul, after remaining there for a number of days, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his head shaved, for he had taken a vow. |
| Acts 18:19 | And they went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Ephesus, and he left them there but he himself went into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. |
| Acts 18:22 | and when he touched land at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church and then went down to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Antioch. |
| Acts 18:24 | Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, arrived in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well-versed in the Scriptures. |
| Acts 18:27 | And when he wanted to continue on into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived there, he greatly helped those who had come to believe through grace, |
| Acts 19:1 | And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Ephesus. There he found some disciples |
| Acts 19:3 | So Paul asked, “Into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) what then were you baptized?” And they replied, “Into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the baptism of John.” |
| Acts 19:4 | Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the one coming after him, that is, in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jesus.” |
| Acts 19:5 | Upon hearing this, they were baptized in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the name of the Lord Jesus. |