Greek · Strong's G1519 · Preposition

εἰς

eis

toward

1797times used
1524verses
27books

How it's translated

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…

Its meaning group

Spacial Extensions › Extension To a Goal 66% of uses

Relations › Purpose 15% of uses

Case › Content 11% of uses

Be, Become, Exist, Happen › Change of State 9% of uses

Words with a similar meaning

Between Hebrew and Greek

In the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), this word translates these Hebrew words, which helps show what New Testament writers heard in it:

Where it appears

Matthewacross the New TestamentRevelation

…and 17 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.