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. Titus 3:12 εἰς

    As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.

  2. Titus 3:14 εἰς

    And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.

  3. Philemon 1:5 εἰς

    because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

  4. Philemon 1:6 εἰς

    I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.

  5. Hebrews 1:5 εἰςεἰς

    For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?

  6. Hebrews 1:6 εἰς

    And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

  7. Hebrews 1:8 εἰς

    But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

  8. Hebrews 1:14 εἰς

    Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

  9. Hebrews 2:3 εἰς

    how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

  10. Hebrews 2:10 εἰς

    In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

  11. Hebrews 2:17 εἰς

    For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

  12. Hebrews 3:5 εἰς

    Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

  13. Hebrews 3:11 εἰς

    So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

  14. Hebrews 3:18 εἰς

    And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?

  15. Hebrews 4:1 εἰς

    Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.

  16. Hebrews 4:3 εἰςεἰς

    Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

  17. Hebrews 4:5 εἰς

    And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”

  18. Hebrews 4:6 εἰς

    Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,

  19. Hebrews 4:10 εἰς

    For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

  20. Hebrews 4:11 εἰς

    Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

  21. Hebrews 4:16 εἰς

    Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

  22. Hebrews 5:6 εἰς

    And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  23. Hebrews 6:6 εἰς

    and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.

  24. Hebrews 6:8 εἰς

    But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

  25. Hebrews 6:10 εἰς

    For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

  26. Hebrews 6:16 εἰς

    Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

  27. Hebrews 6:19 εἰς

    We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

  28. Hebrews 6:20 εἰς

    where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

  29. Hebrews 7:3 εἰς

    Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

  30. Hebrews 7:14 εἰς

    For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.

  31. Hebrews 7:17 εἰς

    For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  32. Hebrews 7:21 εἰς

    but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

  33. Hebrews 7:24 εἰς

    But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.

  34. Hebrews 7:25 εἰςεἰς

    Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

  35. Hebrews 7:28 εἰς

    For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

  36. Hebrews 8:3 εἰς

    And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.

  37. Hebrews 8:10 εἰςεἰςεἰς

    For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

  38. Hebrews 9:6 εἰς

    When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.

  39. Hebrews 9:7 εἰς

    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.

  40. Hebrews 9:9 εἰς

    It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

  41. Hebrews 9:12 εἰς

    He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

  42. Hebrews 9:14 εἰς

    how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

  43. Hebrews 9:15 εἰς

    Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

  44. Hebrews 9:24 εἰςεἰς

    For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

  45. Hebrews 9:25 εἰς

    Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

  46. Hebrews 9:26 εἰς

    Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

  47. Hebrews 9:28 εἰςεἰς

    so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

  48. Hebrews 10:1 εἰς

    For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

  49. Hebrews 10:5 εἰς

    Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.

  50. But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

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