εἰς

eis

Greek G1519 Preposition 1,768 occurrences in 1,510 verses
εἰς toward

εἰς,

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: Mat.8:23, 9:7, Mrk.1:45, Luk.2:15, 8:31, al.;

(b) of approach, to or towards: Mrk.11:1, Luk.6:8, 19:28, Jhn.11:31, 21:6, al.;

(c) before pl. and collective nouns, among: Mrk.4:7, 8:19, 20, Luk.11:49, Jhn.21:23, al.;

(d) Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Mat.8:18, 21:1, Mrk.11:1, 13:16, Luk.14:10, Jhn.6:3, 11:32, al.; with accusative of person(s) (as in Ep. and Ion.), Act.23:15, Rom.5:12, 16:19, 2Co.10:14;

(e) elliptical: ἐπιστολαὶ εἰς Δαμασκόν, Act.9:2; ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱ., Rom.15:31; metaphorically, of entrance into a certain state or condition, or of approach or direction towards some end (Thayer, B, i, 1; ii, 1), εἰς τ. ὄνομα, M, Pr., 200.

2. Of direction;

(a) after verbs of seeing: Mat.6:26, Mrk.6:41, Luk.9:16, 62, Jhn.13:22, al.; metaphorically, of the mind, Heb.11:26, 12:2, al.;

(b) after verbs of speaking: Mat.13:10, 14:9, 1Th.2:9, al.

3. After verbs of rest;

(a) in "pregnant" construction, implying previous motion (cl.; see WM, 516; Bl., §39, 3; M, Pr., 234f.): Mat.2:23, 4:13, 2Th.2:4, 2Ti.1:11, Heb.11:9, al.;

(b) by an assimilation general in late Gk (see Bl., M, Pr., ll. with) = ἐν: Luk.1:44, 4:23, Act.20:16, 21:17, Jhn.1:18 (but see Westc, in l.), al.

II. Of time, for, unto;

1. accentuating the duration expressed by the accusative: εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Mat.21:19; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ., Luk.1:50; εἰς τ. διηνεκές, Heb.7:3, al.

2. Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until: Mat.6:34, Act.4:3, 25:21, Php.1:10, 2:16, 1Th.4:15, 2Ti.1:12; of entrance into a future period, σεις τὸ μέλλον (see: μέλλω), next (year), Luk.13:9 (but with ICC, in l.); εἰς τ. μεταξὺ σάββατον, on the next Sabbath, Act.13:42; εἰς τὸ πάλιν (see: πάλιν, 2Co.13:2.

III. Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς, Rev.11:6; μετας-, Act.2:20, Jas.4:9; μεταλλάσσειν, Rom.1:26; σχίζειν εἰς δύο, Mat.27:51, al.; predicatively with εἴναι, Act.8:23.

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.): Luk.7:30, Rom.4:20, 15:2, 26, 1Co.16:1, Eph.3:16, al.; ἀγάπη εἰς, Rom.5:8, al.; χρηστός, Eph.4:32; φρονεῖν εἰς, Rom.12:16; θαρρεῖν, 2Co.10:1.

V. Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς, Luk.14:34; σόφος, Rom.16:19; ἰσχύειν, Mat.5:13; εἰς τοῦτο, Mrk.1:38, al.; ἀφορίζειν εἰς, Rom.1:1; indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον, Rom.8:15; εἰς ἔνδειξιν, Rom.3:25; εἰς τό, with inf. (= ἵνα or ὥστε; Bl., §71, 5; M, Pr., 218ff.): Mat.20:19, Rom.1:11, 1Co.9:18, al.

VI. Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (see: τέλος, πάλιν, etc.).

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Concordance 1,510 verses

  1. Acts 1:11 εἰςεἰςεἰς

    “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

  2. Acts 1:12 εἰς

    Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

  3. Acts 1:13 εἰς

    When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

  4. Acts 1:25 εἰς

    to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

  5. Acts 2:5 εἰς

    Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

  6. Acts 2:20 εἰςεἰς

    The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

  7. Acts 2:22 εἰς

    Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.

  8. Acts 2:25 εἰς

    David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

  9. Acts 2:27 εἰς

    because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

  10. Acts 2:31 εἰς

    Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

  11. Acts 2:34 εἰς

    For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

  12. Acts 2:38 εἰς

    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  13. Acts 2:39 εἰς

    This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

  14. Acts 3:1 εἰς

    One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

  15. Acts 3:2 εἰς

    And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

  16. Acts 3:3 εἰς

    When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.

  17. Acts 3:4 εἰςεἰς

    Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.

  18. Acts 3:8 εἰς

    He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

  19. Acts 4:3 εἰςεἰς

    They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

  20. Acts 4:11 εἰς

    This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

  21. Acts 4:17 εἰς

    But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”

  22. Acts 4:30 εἰς

    as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

  23. Acts 5:15 εἰς

    As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

  24. Acts 5:21 εἰςεἰς

    At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

  25. Acts 5:36 εἰς

    Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.

  26. Acts 6:11 εἰς

    Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

  27. Acts 6:12 εἰς

    So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

  28. Acts 6:15 εἰς

    All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

  29. Acts 7:3 εἰς

    and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’

  30. Acts 7:4 εἰςεἰς

    So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

  31. Acts 7:5 εἰς

    He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

  32. Acts 7:9 εἰς

    Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

  33. Acts 7:12 εἰς

    When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.

  34. Acts 7:15 εἰς

    So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

  35. Acts 7:16 εἰς

    Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

  36. Acts 7:19 εἰς

    He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

  37. Acts 7:21 εἰς

    When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

  38. Acts 7:26 εἰς

    The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

  39. Acts 7:34 εἰς

    I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’

  40. Acts 7:39 εἰς

    But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

  41. Acts 7:53 εἰς

    you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

  42. Acts 7:55 εἰς

    But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

  43. Acts 8:3 εἰς

    But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

  44. Acts 8:5 εἰς

    Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

  45. Acts 8:16 εἰς

    For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

  46. Acts 8:20 εἰς

    But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

  47. Acts 8:23 εἰς

    For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

  48. Acts 8:25 εἰς

    And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

  49. Acts 8:26 εἰς

    Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

  50. Acts 8:27 εἰς

    So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

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