Eis — G1519

G1519 · Greek — εἰς

Pronunciation: ice

Definition

preposition

to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases

  1. of place, after verbs of going, coming, sailing, flying, falling, living, leading, carrying, throwing, sending, etc
    1. of a place entered, or of entrance into a place, into
      1. elliptical expressions are — εἰς ᾅδου, namely, δομον
      2. εἰς means among (in among) before nouns comprising a multitude
    2. If the surface only of the place entered is touched or occupied, εἰς, like the Latinin, may (often) be rendered on, upon, (German auf) , to mark the limit reached, or where one sets foot. Of this sort are εἰς τό πέραν (A. V. unto)
    3. of motion (not into a place itself, but) into the vicinity of a place
    4. of the limit to which
    5. of local direction
      1. after verbs of seeing
  2. of Time
    1. it denotes entrance into period which is penetrated, as it were, i. e. duration through a time (Latinin; German hinein, hinaus)
    2. of the time in which a thing is done
    3. of the (temporal) limit for which anything is or is done
    4. of the (temporal) limit to which
  3. εἰς retains the force of entering into anything
    1. where one thing is said to be changed into another, or to be separated into parts, or where several persons or things are said to be collected or combined into one, etc
      1. and d
    2. after verbs of going, coming, leading, etc., εἰς is joined to nouns designating the conditional state into which one passes, falls, etc
    3. it is used of the business which one enters into, i. e. of what he undertakes
  4. εἰς after words indicating motion or direction or end
    1. it denotes motion to something, after verbs of going, coming, leading, calling, etc., and answers to the Latinad, to
    2. of ethical direction or reference
      1. universally, of acts in which the mind is directed toward, or looks to, something
      2. for one's advantage or disadvantage
      3. of the mood or inclination, affecting one toward any person or thing
      4. in a good sense
      5. of reference or relation
      6. with the accusative of the person toward (German nach einem hin), but in sense nearly equivalent to the simple dative to, unto, after verbs of approving, manifesting, showing oneself
    3. it denotes the end
      1. the end which a thing is adapted to attain
      2. the end which one has in view, i. e. object, purpose
      3. associated with other prepositions
      4. at the end)
      5. the end by which a thing is completed, i. e. the result or effect
    4. Various forms of pregnant and brachylogical construction
    5. Akin to this is the very common use of εἰς after verbs signifying rest or continuance in a place, because the idea of a previous motion into the place spoken of is involved

Usually translated as

into, to, unto, in, for, on, toward, against, upon, at, among, of, concerning, never, throughout, therefore, thereunto, before, by, perish, wherefore, abundantly, backward, continual, far more exceeding, forth, set at one again, until, with, as, ward, fore, inso much that, to the intent that, of one mind, that, til, hereuntil

Origin

a primary preposition

Occurrences

Eis occurs 1,608 times in 1,382 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (190), Mark (126), Luke (197), John (162), Acts (249), Romans (73), 1 Corinthians (27), 2 Corinthians (54), Galatians (23), Ephesians (27), Philippians (16), Colossians (18), 1 Thessalonians (15), 2 Thessalonians (6), 1 Timothy (17), 2 Timothy (14), Titus (2), Philemon (2), Hebrews (47), James (10), 1 Peter (29), 2 Peter (9), 1 John (7), 2 John (2), 3 John (1), Jude (4), Revelation (55)

Strong's Lexicon — E