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.;

(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

Matthew 9:6 εἰς

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
Matthew 9:7 εἰς

And the man got up and went home.
Matthew 9:17 εἰςεἰς

Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Matthew 9:23 εἰς

When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
Matthew 9:26 εἰς

And the news about this spread throughout that region.
Matthew 9:28 εἰς

After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
Matthew 9:38 εἰς

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”
Matthew 10:5 Εἰςεἰς

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
Matthew 10:9 εἰς

Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts.
Matthew 10:10 εἰς

Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
Matthew 10:11 Εἰς

Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
Matthew 10:12 εἰς

As you enter the home, greet its occupants.
Matthew 10:17 εἰς

But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
Matthew 10:18 εἰς

On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
Matthew 10:21 εἰς

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
Matthew 10:22 εἰς

You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:23 εἰς

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 10:27 εἰς

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Matthew 10:41 εἰςεἰς

Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
Matthew 10:42 εἰς

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
Matthew 11:7 εἰς

As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
Matthew 12:4 εἰς

He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
Matthew 12:9 εἰς

Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,
Matthew 12:11 εἰς

He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Matthew 12:18 εἰς

“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
Matthew 12:20 εἰς

A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
Matthew 12:29 εἰς

Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
Matthew 12:41 εἰς

The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 12:44 Εἰς

Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
Matthew 13:2 εἰς

Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
Matthew 13:22 εἰς

The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 13:30 εἰςεἰς

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
Matthew 13:33 εἰς

He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Matthew 13:36 εἰς

Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Matthew 13:42 εἰς

And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:47 εἰς

Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
Matthew 13:48 εἰς

When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
Matthew 13:50 εἰς

and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:54 εἰς

Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
Matthew 14:13 εἰς

When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.
Matthew 14:15 εἰς

When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
Matthew 14:19 εἰς

And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
Matthew 14:22 εἰςεἰς

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.
Matthew 14:23 εἰς

After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
Matthew 14:31 εἰς

Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14:32 εἰς

And when they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.
Matthew 14:34 εἰς

When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.
Matthew 14:35 εἰς

And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him
Matthew 15:11 εἰς

A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
Matthew 15:14 εἰς

Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”