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 23:11 The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem, so must you also testify in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Rome.”
Acts 23:15 So now you and the council give notice to the commanding officer to bring him down to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) you, as though you were going to examine his case more accurately; and we will be ready to kill him before he gets there.”
Acts 23:16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he went and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul.
Acts 23:20 And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the council, as though the case against him was going to be examined more closely.
Acts 23:28 And wanting to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) their council.
Acts 23:30 And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to speak against him to you.”
Acts 23:31 So the soldiers, according to the directions given to them, took Paul and brought him by night to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Antipatris.
Acts 23:32 The next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the barracks.
Acts 23:33 When the horsemen arrived in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and turned over Paul to him.
Acts 24:11 As you are able to verify for yourself, it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem,
Acts 24:15 having a hope in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) God, which these men themselves accept, that there is to be a resurrection both of the just and of the unjust.
Acts 24:17 “Now, after several years, I came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) my people bringing gifts for the poor and presenting offerings,
Acts 24:24 After some days Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Christ Jesus.
Acts 25:1 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Acts 25:3 and asking him to do them a favor against Paul; they urged Festus to transfer him to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem, for they were forming a plot to kill him along the way.
Acts 25:4 So then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Caesarea but that he himself intended to go there shortly.
Acts 25:6 After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Caesarea, and the next day he took his seat on the judge’s bench and ordered Paul to be brought.
Acts 25:8 Paul argued in his defense, “Neither against (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the law of the Jews, nor against (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the temple, nor against (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Caesar have I committed any offense.”
Acts 25:9 But Festus, wanting to curry favor with the Jews, responded to Paul, saying, “Do you want to go up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?”
Acts 25:13 Now after some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice came down to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus.
Acts 25:15 When I came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a guilty verdict against him.
Acts 25:20 Since I was uncertain about how to investigate such questions, I asked if he wanted to go to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem to be tried there on these charges.
Acts 25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the decision of the emperor, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
Acts 25:23 So on the next day when Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall along with the commanding officers and the prominent men of the city, and when Festus had given the order, Paul was brought in.
Acts 26:6 And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) our fathers,