εἰς eis · G1519

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.; (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., …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἐν εἰς ; or ἐς, PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY:—both forms are found in [], Ionic dialect poets, and early metrical Inscrr.; ἐς is best attested in [], and is found in nearly all early Ionic dialect Inscrr. (except []; and usually in Attic dialect Prose (except [] is used before vowels for the sake of meter; ἐς was retained in the phrases ἐς κόρακας (whence the Verb σκορακίζω), ἐς μακαρίαν. Aeolic dialect poets have εἰς before vowels, ἐς before consonants, and this is given as the rule in []; compare ἐν, …

Where it's used 1796 times

Matthew 2:1 · Matthew 2:8 · Matthew 2:11 · Matthew 2:12 · Matthew 2:13 · Matthew 2:14 · Matthew 2:20 · Matthew 2:21 · Matthew 2:22 · Matthew 2:23 · Matthew 3:10 · Matthew 3:11 · Matthew 3:12 · Matthew 4:1 · Matthew 4:5 · Matthew 4:8 · Matthew 4:12 · Matthew 4:13 · Matthew 4:18 · Matthew 4:24 · Matthew 5:1 · Matthew 5:13 · Matthew 5:20 · Matthew 5:22 · Matthew 5:25 · Matthew 5:29 · Matthew 5:30 · Matthew 5:35 · Matthew 5:39 · Matthew 6:6 · Matthew 6:13 · Matthew 6:26 · Matthew 6:30 · Matthew 6:34 · Matthew 7:13 · Matthew 7:14 · Matthew 7:19 · Matthew 7:21 · Matthew 8:4 · Matthew 8:5 · Matthew 8:12 · Matthew 8:14 · Matthew 8:18 · Matthew 8:23 · Matthew 8:28 · Matthew 8:31 · Matthew 8:32 · Matthew 8:33 · Matthew 8:34 · Matthew 9:1 · Matthew 9:6 · Matthew 9:7 · Matthew 9:13 · Matthew 9:17 · Matthew 9:23 · Matthew 9:26 · Matthew 9:28 · Matthew 9:38 · Matthew 10:5 · Matthew 10:9 … and 1736 more

Source: TBESG G1519; TFLSJ G1519

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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