For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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εἰς
Vocabulary form:
eijV
Definition:
into; in
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,767
GK:
1650
Cognates:
Eisegesis is poor hermeneutical practice because it reads a meaning into the text instead of drawing it out of (exegesis) the text.
Mnemonic Singing:
Changed from glory into glory,
'til in heaven we take our place.
Verse:
“Jesus was led by the Spirit εἰς the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” (Matt 4:1)
“Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized εἰς the Jordan River by John.” (Mark 1:9)
Notes:
In classical Greek, there was little overlap in meaning between εἰς ("into") and ἐν ("in"), but in Koine Greek there is more.
Biblical Concordance
| Luke 12:21 | So it is with the one who stores up treasures for himself, but is not rich toward (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) God.” |
| Luke 12:28 | If God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith! |
| Luke 12:58 | So when you go with your opponent before the magistrate, make an effort to receive a settlement from him on the way; otherwise he will drag you off to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff will throw you into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) prison. |
| Luke 13:9 | Perhaps it will bear fruit next (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) year; but if not, you may remove it.’” |
| Luke 13:11 | and there was a woman there who had had a spirit of weakness for eighteen years. She was bent over and not able to straighten up at (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) all. |
| Luke 13:19 | It is like a mustard seed that a man took and threw into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky made nests in its branches.” |
| Luke 13:21 | It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.” |
| Luke 13:22 | Then Jesus went through town after town and village after village, teaching as he made his way to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem. |
| Luke 14:1 | When Jesus went into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the house of a certain ruler of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread and they were watching him closely, |
| Luke 14:5 | And to them, he said, “Which of you, when his son or his ox has fallen into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a well, does not immediately pull it up, even though the be a Sabbath? |
| Luke 14:8 | “When you are invited by someone to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a wedding feast, do not take a seat in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host, |
| Luke 14:10 | Rather, when you are invited, go and recline in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the least important place so that when the one who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher!’ Then you will have glory in the presence of all who are reclining at table with you. |
| Luke 14:21 | So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house was angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ |
| Luke 14:23 | The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the highways and hedgerows and urge people to come in, so that my house may be filled. |
| Luke 14:28 | “For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, whether he has enough to bring it to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) completion; |
| Luke 14:31 | Or what king, going out to encounter another king in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand troops to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? |
| Luke 14:35 | Neither for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) soil or for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the dung-heap is it of any use; they throw it away. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.” |
| Luke 15:6 | And when he returns to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his house, would he not call together his friends and his neighbors, and say to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost’? |
| Luke 15:13 | Not many days later, the younger son gathered up everything and left for a journey to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a distant country, and there he squandered his property by living recklessly. |
| Luke 15:15 | So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his fields to feed pigs. |
| Luke 15:17 | “Coming to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am, dying from hunger! |
| Luke 15:18 | I will leave this place and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) heaven and before you; |
| Luke 15:21 | And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ |
| Luke 15:22 | But the father said to his servants, ‘Quickly bring out a robe — the best one — and put it on him, and give him a ring for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his finger, and sandals for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his feet. |
| Luke 16:4 | I know what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people will welcome me into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) their homes.’ |
| Luke 16:8 | The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) their own generation than the sons of light. |
| Luke 16:9 | And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails they may receive you into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the eternal homes. |
| Luke 16:16 | “The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone takes vigorous steps to enter (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) it. |
| Luke 16:22 | The poor man died and was carried by the angels to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, |
| Luke 16:27 | So the rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the house of my father |
| Luke 16:28 | (for I have five brothers), that he might warn them so that they might not come as well into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) this place of torment.’ |
| Luke 17:2 | It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is cast into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. |
| Luke 17:4 | And if he sins against (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” |
| Luke 17:11 | As Jesus was on his way to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem, he passed through the region between Samaria and Galilee. |
| Luke 17:12 | As he entered a certain village, ten men with leprosy met him, who normally stood at a distance. |
| Luke 17:24 | For just as the lightning, when it flashes, lights up from one end of heaven to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the other, so will be the Son of Man in his day. |
| Luke 17:27 | They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day in which Noah went into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. |
| Luke 17:31 | “On that day the one who is on the housetop, and his belongings are in the house, must not go down to get them, and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back (eis | εἰς | prep-acc). |
| Luke 18:5 | yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will vindicate her, so that by her coming she will not ultimately (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) wear me out.’” |
| Luke 18:10 | “Two men went up into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. |
| Luke 18:13 | The tax collector, however, standing at a distance, would not even raise his eyes to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) heaven, but kept beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ |
| Luke 18:14 | I tell you, this man went down to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his house upright in the sight of God, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” |
| Luke 18:17 | I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall certainly never enter it.” |
| Luke 18:24 | Jesus looked at him, becoming very sad, and said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! |
| Luke 18:25 | In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God!” |
| Luke 18:31 | Taking the twelve aside, he said to them, “See, we are going up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets regarding the Son of Man will be carried out. |
| Luke 18:35 | As Jesus drew near to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the roadside, asking for alms. |
| Luke 19:4 | So he ran on ahead (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) and climbed up into a sycamore-fig tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. |
| Luke 19:12 | So he said, “A certain noble went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a distant country to acquire royal power for himself and then to return. |
| Luke 19:28 | Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem. |
Mnemonics
The ACE went INTO the pile
The ACE went INTO the pile
The ACE went IN the pile
The ACE was AMONG the pile