Eis εἰς

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Eis
εἰς
Transliterationeis
Strong's numberG1519
LanguageGreek
Part of speechpreposition
Glosstoward
Occurrences1801 in 1529 verses
Most frequent inActs (261)

Eis (Greek εἰς, Strong's G1519) is a Greek preposition meaning “toward”. It occurs 1801 times in 1529 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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.;
(with) 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.).
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVinto (571), unto (211), against (28), toward (27), upon (24), among (18), throughout (6), concerning (5), end (4), up (3), wherein (3), whereunto (3), and 30 other renderings
BSBinto (301), against (18), among (11), over (5), about (5), order (5), throughout (4), why (4), back (4), until (4), before (3), toward (3), and 43 other renderings

Verses

Eis occurs in 1529 verses, listed here by reference.

Matthew (201): 2:1, 2:8, 2:11, 2:12, 2:13, 2:14, 2:20, 2:21, 2:22, 2:23, 3:10, 3:11, 3:12, 4:1, 4:5, 4:8, 4:12, 4:13, 4:18, 4:24, 5:1, 5:13, 5:20, 5:22, 5:25, 5:29, 5:30, 5:35, 5:39, 6:6, 6:13, 6:26, 6:30, 6:34, 7:13, 7:14, 7:19, 7:21, 8:4, 8:5, 8:12, 8:14, 8:18, 8:23, 8:28, 8:31, 8:32, 8:33, 8:34, 9:1, 9:6, 9:7, 9:13, 9:17, 9:23, 9:26, 9:28, 9:38, 10:5, 10:9, 10:10, 10:11, 10:12, 10:17, 10:18, 10:21, 10:22, 10:23, 10:27, 10:41, 10:42, 11:7, 12:4, 12:9, 12:11, 12:18, 12:20, 12:29, 12:41, 12:44, 13:2, 13:22, 13:30, 13:33, 13:36, 13:42, 13:47, 13:48, 13:50, 13:52, 13:54, 14:13, 14:15, 14:19, 14:22, 14:23, 14:31, 14:32, 14:34, 14:35, 15:11, 15:14, 15:17, 15:21, 15:24, 15:29, 15:39, 16:5, 16:13, 16:21, 17:1, 17:15, 17:22, 17:24, 17:25, 17:27, 18:3, 18:6, 18:8, 18:9, 18:15, 18:20, 18:21, 18:29, 18:30, 19:1, 19:5, 19:17, 19:23, 19:24, 20:1, 20:2, 20:4, 20:7, 20:17, 20:18, 20:19, 21:1, 21:2, 21:10, 21:12, 21:17, 21:18, 21:19, 21:21, 21:23, 21:31, 21:42, 21:46, 22:3, 22:4, 22:5, 22:9, 22:10, 22:13, 22:16, 23:34, 24:9, 24:13, 24:14, 24:16, 24:38, 25:1, 25:6, 25:10, 25:21, 25:23, 25:30, 25:41, 25:46, 26:2, 26:3, 26:8, 26:10, 26:13, 26:18, 26:28, 26:30, 26:32, 26:36, 26:41, 26:45, 26:52, 26:67, 26:71, 27:5, 27:6, 27:7, 27:10, 27:27, 27:30, 27:31, 27:33, 27:51, 27:53, 28:1, 28:7, 28:10, 28:11, 28:16, 28:19

Mark (137): 1:4, 1:9, 1:10, 1:12, 1:14, 1:21, 1:28, 1:29, 1:35, 1:38, 1:39, 1:44, 1:45, 2:1, 2:11, 2:17, 2:22, 2:26, 3:1, 3:3, 3:13, 3:20, 3:27, 3:29, 4:1, 4:7, 4:8, 4:15, 4:18, 4:22, 4:35, 4:37, 5:1, 5:12, 5:13, 5:14, 5:18, 5:19, 5:21, 5:26, 5:34, 5:38, 6:1, 6:8, 6:10, 6:11, 6:31, 6:32, 6:36, 6:41, 6:45, 6:46, 6:51, 6:53, 6:56, 7:15, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:24, 7:30, 7:31, 7:33, 7:34, 8:3, 8:10, 8:13, 8:19, 8:20, 8:22, 8:23, 8:26, 8:27, 9:2, 9:22, 9:25, 9:28, 9:31, 9:33, 9:42, 9:43, 9:45, 9:47, 10:1, 10:8, 10:10, 10:15, 10:17, 10:23, 10:24, 10:25, 10:32, 10:33, 10:46, 11:1, 11:2, 11:8, 11:11, 11:14, 11:15, 11:23, 11:27, 12:10, 12:14, 12:41, 12:43, 13:3, 13:9, 13:10, 13:12, 13:13, 13:14, 13:15, 13:16, 14:4, 14:8, 14:9, 14:13, 14:16, 14:20, 14:26, 14:28, 14:32, 14:38, 14:41, 14:54, 14:55, 14:60, 14:68, 15:34, 15:38, 15:41, 16:5, 16:7, 16:12, 16:15, 16:19

Luke (206): 1:9, 1:20, 1:23, 1:26, 1:33, 1:39, 1:40, 1:44, 1:50, 1:55, 1:56, 1:79, 2:3, 2:4, 2:15, 2:22, 2:27, 2:28, 2:32, 2:34, 2:39, 2:41, 2:42, 2:45, 2:51, 3:3, 3:5, 3:9, 3:17, 4:5, 4:9, 4:14, 4:16, 4:23, 4:26, 4:31, 4:35, 4:37, 4:38, 4:42, 4:44, 5:3, 5:4, 5:14, 5:17, 5:19, 5:24, 5:25, 5:32, 5:37, 5:38, 6:4, 6:6, 6:8, 6:12, 6:20, 6:38, 6:39, 7:1, 7:10, 7:11, 7:24, 7:30, 7:36, 7:44, 7:50, 8:8, 8:14, 8:17, 8:22, 8:23, 8:26, 8:29, 8:30, 8:31, 8:32, 8:33, 8:34, 8:37, 8:39, 8:41, 8:43, 8:48, 8:51, 9:3, 9:4, 9:5, 9:10, 9:12, 9:13, 9:16, 9:28, 9:34, 9:44, 9:51, 9:52, 9:53, 9:56, 9:61, 9:62, 10:1, 10:2, 10:5, 10:7, 10:8, 10:10, 10:11, 10:30, 10:34, 10:36, 10:38, 11:4, 11:7, 11:24, 11:32, 11:33, 11:49, 12:5, 12:10, 12:19, 12:21, 12:28, 12:58, 13:9, 13:11, 13:19, 13:21, 13:22, 14:1, 14:5, 14:8, 14:10, 14:21, 14:23, 14:28, 14:31, 14:35, 15:6, 15:13, 15:15, 15:17, 15:18, 15:21, 15:22, 16:4, 16:8, 16:9, 16:16, 16:22, 16:27, 16:28, 17:2, 17:3, 17:4, 17:11, 17:12, 17:24, 17:27, 17:31, 18:5, 18:10, 18:13, 18:14, 18:17, 18:24, 18:25, 18:31, 18:35, 19:4, 19:12, 19:28, 19:29, 19:30, 19:45, 20:17, 21:1, 21:4, 21:12, 21:13, 21:21, 21:24, 21:37, 22:3, 22:10, 22:17, 22:19, 22:33, 22:39, 22:40, 22:46, 22:54, 22:65, 22:66, 23:25, 23:42, 23:46, 24:5, 24:7, 24:13, 24:20, 24:26, 24:28, 24:33, 24:47, 24:51, 24:52

John (165): 1:7, 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 1:18, 1:43, 2:2, 2:11, 2:12, 2:13, 2:23, 3:4, 3:5, 3:13, 3:16, 3:17, 3:18, 3:19, 3:22, 3:24, 3:36, 4:3, 4:5, 4:8, 4:14, 4:28, 4:36, 4:38, 4:39, 4:43, 4:45, 4:46, 4:47, 4:54, 5:1, 5:7, 5:24, 5:29, 5:45, 6:3, 6:9, 6:14, 6:15, 6:17, 6:21, 6:22, 6:24, 6:27, 6:29, 6:35, 6:40, 6:47, 6:51, 6:58, 6:66, 7:3, 7:5, 7:8, 7:10, 7:14, 7:31, 7:35, 7:38, 7:39, 7:48, 7:53, 8:1, 8:2, 8:6, 8:8, 8:26, 8:30, 8:35, 8:51, 8:52, 9:7, 9:11, 9:35, 9:36, 9:39, 10:1, 10:28, 10:36, 10:40, 10:42, 11:7, 11:25, 11:26, 11:27, 11:30, 11:31, 11:38, 11:45, 11:48, 11:52, 11:54, 11:55, 11:56, 12:1, 12:7, 12:11, 12:12, 12:13, 12:24, 12:25, 12:27, 12:34, 12:36, 12:37, 12:42, 12:44, 12:46, 13:1, 13:2, 13:3, 13:5, 13:8, 13:22, 13:27, 13:29, 14:1, 14:12, 14:16, 15:6, 15:21, 16:9, 16:20, 16:21, 16:28, 16:32, 17:1, 17:18, 17:20, 17:23, 18:1, 18:6, 18:11, 18:15, 18:28, 18:33, 18:37, 19:9, 19:13, 19:17, 19:27, 19:37, 20:1, 20:3, 20:4, 20:6, 20:7, 20:8, 20:11, 20:14, 20:19, 20:25, 20:26, 20:27, 21:3, 21:4, 21:6, 21:7, 21:9, 21:11, 21:23

Acts (261): 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:25, 2:5, 2:20, 2:22, 2:25, 2:27, 2:31, 2:34, 2:38, 2:39, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 3:8, 3:19, 4:3, 4:11, 4:17, 4:30, 5:15, 5:16, 5:21, 5:36, 6:11, 6:12, 6:15, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:9, 7:12, 7:15, 7:16, 7:19, 7:21, 7:26, 7:34, 7:39, 7:53, 7:55, 8:3, 8:5, 8:16, 8:20, 8:23, 8:25, 8:26, 8:27, 8:38, 8:40, 9:1, 9:2, 9:6, 9:8, 9:17, 9:21, 9:26, 9:28, 9:30, 9:39, 10:4, 10:5, 10:8, 10:16, 10:22, 10:24, 10:32, 10:43, 11:2, 11:6, 11:8, 11:10, 11:12, 11:13, 11:18, 11:20, 11:22, 11:25, 11:26, 11:27, 11:29, 12:4, 12:10, 12:17, 12:19, 12:25, 13:2, 13:4, 13:9, 13:13, 13:14, 13:22, 13:29, 13:31, 13:34, 13:42, 13:46, 13:47, 13:48, 13:51, 14:1, 14:6, 14:14, 14:20, 14:21, 14:22, 14:23, 14:24, 14:25, 14:26, 15:2, 15:4, 15:22, 15:30, 15:38, 15:39, 16:1, 16:7, 16:8, 16:9, 16:10, 16:11, 16:12, 16:15, 16:16, 16:19, 16:23, 16:24, 16:34, 16:37, 17:1, 17:5, 17:10, 17:20, 17:21, 18:1, 18:6, 18:7, 18:18, 18:19, 18:21, 18:22, 18:24, 18:27, 19:1, 19:3, 19:4, 19:5, 19:8, 19:21, 19:22, 19:27, 19:29, 19:30, 19:31, 20:1, 20:2, 20:3, 20:6, 20:14, 20:15, 20:16, 20:17, 20:18, 20:21, 20:22, 20:29, 20:38, 21:1, 21:2, 21:3, 21:4, 21:6, 21:7, 21:8, 21:11, 21:12, 21:13, 21:15, 21:17, 21:26, 21:28, 21:29, 21:34, 21:37, 21:38, 22:4, 22:5, 22:7, 22:10, 22:11, 22:13, 22:17, 22:21, 22:23, 22:24, 22:30, 23:10, 23:11, 23:15, 23:16, 23:20, 23:28, 23:30, 23:31, 23:32, 23:33, 24:11, 24:15, 24:17, 24:24, 25:1, 25:3, 25:4, 25:6, 25:8, 25:9, 25:13, 25:15, 25:16, 25:20, 25:21, 25:23, 26:6, 26:7, 26:11, 26:12, 26:14, 26:16, 26:17, 26:18, 26:20, 26:24, 27:1, 27:2, 27:3, 27:5, 27:6, 27:8, 27:12, 27:17, 27:26, 27:30, 27:38, 27:39, 27:40, 27:41, 28:5, 28:6, 28:12, 28:13, 28:14, 28:15, 28:16, 28:17, 28:23

Romans (95): 1:1, 1:5, 1:11, 1:16, 1:17, 1:20, 1:24, 1:25, 1:26, 1:27, 1:28, 2:4, 2:26, 3:7, 3:22, 3:25, 3:26, 4:3, 4:5, 4:9, 4:11, 4:16, 4:18, 4:20, 4:22, 5:2, 5:8, 5:12, 5:15, 5:16, 5:18, 5:21, 6:3, 6:4, 6:12, 6:16, 6:17, 6:19, 6:22, 7:4, 7:5, 7:10, 8:7, 8:15, 8:18, 8:21, 8:28, 8:29, 9:5, 9:8, 9:17, 9:21, 9:22, 9:23, 9:31, 10:1, 10:4, 10:6, 10:7, 10:10, 10:12, 10:14, 10:18, 11:9, 11:11, 11:24, 11:32, 11:36, 12:2, 12:3, 12:10, 12:16, 13:4, 13:6, 13:14, 14:1, 14:9, 14:19, 15:2, 15:4, 15:7, 15:8, 15:13, 15:16, 15:18, 15:24, 15:25, 15:26, 15:28, 15:31, 16:5, 16:6, 16:19, 16:26, 16:27

1 Corinthians (35): 1:9, 1:13, 1:15, 2:7, 4:3, 4:6, 5:5, 6:16, 6:18, 8:6, 8:10, 8:12, 8:13, 9:18, 10:2, 10:6, 10:11, 10:31, 11:17, 11:22, 11:24, 11:25, 11:33, 11:34, 12:13, 14:8, 14:9, 14:22, 14:36, 15:10, 15:45, 15:54, 16:1, 16:3, 16:15

2 Corinthians (63): 1:4, 1:5, 1:10, 1:11, 1:16, 1:21, 1:23, 2:4, 2:8, 2:9, 2:12, 2:13, 2:16, 3:7, 3:13, 3:18, 4:4, 4:11, 4:15, 4:17, 5:5, 6:1, 6:18, 7:3, 7:5, 7:9, 7:10, 7:15, 8:2, 8:4, 8:6, 8:14, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 9:1, 9:5, 9:8, 9:9, 9:10, 9:11, 9:13, 10:1, 10:5, 10:8, 10:13, 10:14, 10:15, 10:16, 11:3, 11:6, 11:10, 11:13, 11:14, 11:20, 11:31, 12:1, 12:4, 12:6, 13:2, 13:3, 13:4, 13:10

Galatians (24): 1:5, 1:6, 1:17, 1:18, 1:21, 2:1, 2:2, 2:8, 2:9, 2:11, 2:16, 3:6, 3:14, 3:17, 3:23, 3:24, 3:27, 4:6, 4:11, 4:24, 5:10, 5:13, 6:4, 6:8

Ephesians (30): 1:5, 1:6, 1:8, 1:10, 1:12, 1:14, 1:15, 1:18, 1:19, 2:15, 2:21, 2:22, 3:2, 3:16, 3:19, 3:21, 4:8, 4:9, 4:12, 4:13, 4:15, 4:16, 4:19, 4:30, 4:32, 5:2, 5:31, 5:32, 6:18, 6:22

Philippians (20): 1:5, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:16, 1:19, 1:23, 1:25, 1:29, 2:11, 2:16, 2:22, 3:11, 3:14, 3:16, 3:21, 4:15, 4:16, 4:17, 4:20

Colossians (18): 1:4, 1:6, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:16, 1:20, 1:25, 1:29, 2:2, 2:5, 2:22, 3:9, 3:10, 3:15, 4:8, 4:11

1 Thessalonians (18): 1:5, 2:9, 2:12, 2:16, 3:2, 3:3, 3:5, 3:10, 3:12, 3:13, 4:8, 4:9, 4:10, 4:15, 4:17, 5:9, 5:15, 5:18

2 Thessalonians (12): 1:3, 1:5, 1:11, 2:2, 2:4, 2:6, 2:10, 2:11, 2:13, 2:14, 3:5, 3:9

1 Timothy (18): 1:3, 1:6, 1:12, 1:15, 1:16, 1:17, 2:4, 2:7, 3:6, 3:7, 4:3, 4:10, 5:24, 6:7, 6:9, 6:12, 6:17, 6:19

2 Timothy (13): 1:11, 1:12, 2:20, 2:21, 2:25, 2:26, 3:6, 3:7, 3:15, 4:10, 4:11, 4:12, 4:18

Titus (2): 3:12, 3:14

Philemon (2): 1:5, 1:6

Hebrews (64): 1:5, 1:6, 1:8, 1:14, 2:3, 2:10, 2:17, 3:5, 3:11, 3:18, 4:1, 4:3, 4:5, 4:6, 4:10, 4:11, 4:16, 5:6, 6:6, 6:8, 6:10, 6:16, 6:19, 6:20, 7:3, 7:14, 7:17, 7:21, 7:24, 7:25, 7:28, 8:3, 8:10, 9:6, 9:7, 9:9, 9:12, 9:14, 9:15, 9:24, 9:25, 9:26, 9:28, 10:1, 10:5, 10:12, 10:14, 10:19, 10:24, 10:31, 10:39, 11:3, 11:7, 11:8, 11:9, 11:11, 11:26, 12:2, 12:3, 12:7, 12:10, 13:8, 13:11, 13:21

James (11): 1:18, 1:19, 1:25, 2:2, 2:6, 2:23, 3:3, 4:9, 4:13, 5:3, 5:4

1 Peter (38): 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:7, 1:8, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:21, 1:22, 1:23, 1:25, 2:2, 2:5, 2:7, 2:8, 2:9, 2:14, 2:21, 3:5, 3:7, 3:9, 3:12, 3:20, 3:21, 3:22, 4:2, 4:4, 4:6, 4:7, 4:8, 4:9, 4:10, 4:11, 5:10, 5:11, 5:12

2 Peter (11): 1:8, 1:11, 1:17, 2:4, 2:9, 2:12, 2:17, 2:22, 3:7, 3:9, 3:18

1 John (8): 2:17, 3:8, 3:14, 4:1, 4:9, 5:8, 5:10, 5:13

2 John (3): 1:2, 1:7, 1:10

3 John (1): 1:5

Jude (5): 1:4, 1:6, 1:13, 1:21, 1:25

Revelation (68): 1:6, 1:11, 1:18, 2:10, 2:22, 4:9, 4:10, 5:6, 5:13, 5:14, 6:13, 6:15, 7:12, 8:5, 8:7, 8:8, 8:11, 9:1, 9:3, 9:7, 9:9, 9:15, 10:5, 10:6, 11:6, 11:9, 11:12, 11:15, 12:4, 12:6, 12:9, 12:13, 12:14, 13:3, 13:6, 13:10, 13:13, 14:11, 14:19, 15:7, 15:8, 16:1, 16:2, 16:3, 16:4, 16:14, 16:16, 16:19, 17:3, 17:8, 17:11, 17:17, 18:21, 19:3, 19:9, 19:17, 19:20, 20:3, 20:8, 20:10, 20:14, 20:15, 21:24, 21:26, 21:27, 22:2, 22:5, 22:14

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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