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GreekG1519Preposition

εἰς

eis

1,524Occurrences
G1519Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases

a primary preposition;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
prep. with accusative, expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, with accusative).
I
Of place.
1.After verbs of motion
(a)of entrance into
(b)of approach, to or towards
(with)before pl. and collective nouns, among
(d)Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon
(e)elliptical
2.Of direction
(a)after verbs of seeing
(b)after verbs of speaking
3.After verbs of rest
(a)in "pregnant" construction, implying previous motion
(b)by an assimilation general in late Gk (see Bl., M, Pr., ll. with) = ἐν
II
Of time, for, unto
1.accentuating the duration expressed by the accusative
2.Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until
III
Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς; μετας-,; μεταλλάσσειν; σχίζειν εἰς δύο, predicatively with εἴναι.
IV
Of relation, to, towards, for, in regard to (so in cl., but more frequently in late Gk., *εἰς *encroaching on the simple dative, which it has wholly displaced in MGr.; Jannaris, Gr., §1541; Robertson, Gr., 594; Deiss., BS, 117f.): , ἀγάπη εἰς, χρηστός; φρονεῖν εἰς; θαρρεῖν.
V
Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς; σόφος; ἰσχύειν; εἰς τοῦτο, ἀφορίζειν εἰς; indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον; εἰς ἔνδειξιν; εἰς τό, with inf. (= *ἵνα *or *ὥστε; *Bl., §71, 5; M, Pr., 218ff.)
VI
Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (see: τέλος, πάλιν, etc.).

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

εἰς appears 1,524 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
261
Luke
206
Matthew
201
John
164
Mark
136
Romans
93
Revelation
68
Hebrews
64

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:9BSB

God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Acts 18:19BSB

When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.

Hebrews 9:7BSB

But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

Luke 22:54BSB

Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.

Mark 1:45BSB

But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news.Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.