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

Galatians 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a different gospel —
Galatians 1:17 nor did I go up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Arabia and returned again to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Damascus.
Galatians 1:18 Then after three years I went up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
Galatians 1:21 After that I went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
Galatians 2:1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along as well.
Galatians 2:2 I went up in response to a revelation and laid out before them — though privately before the acknowledged leaders — the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, lest somehow I was running, or had run, in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) vain.
Galatians 2:8 (for the one who empowered Peter for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for mine to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Gentiles)
Galatians 2:9 and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Gentiles and they to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the circumcised.
Galatians 2:11 But when Cephas came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
Galatians 2:16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, since no one will be justified by the works of the law.
Galatians 3:6 Consider Abraham: “He believed God, and it was reckoned to him as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) righteousness.”
Galatians 3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:17 What I am saying is this: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously established by God, so as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) to make the promise void.
Galatians 3:23 Now before faith came, we were held in custody under the law, imprisoned until (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the coming faith would be revealed.
Galatians 3:24 Thus the law was our disciplinarian until (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the time of Christ, so that we might be declared righteous by faith.
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) our hearts, who cries out “Abba! Father!”
Galatians 4:11 I am afraid that I may have labored over (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) you to no avail.
Galatians 4:24 This may be interpreted allegorically, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to be (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) slaves; she is Hagar.
Galatians 5:10 I am confident about (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But the one who is trying to confuse you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.
Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not use your freedom as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Galatians 6:4 But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) himself alone, and not in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) comparison with someone else.
Galatians 6:8 For the one who sows to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his own flesh, from the flesh will reap corruption; but the one who sows to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Ephesians 1:5 he predestined us for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) adoption as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his own sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Ephesians 1:6 to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the praise of his glorious grace with which he has highly favored us in the Beloved.