εἰςeis

in, with accusative).

I. Of place.

1. After verbs of motion

(a) of entrance into: Matthew 8:23, Matthew 9:7, Mark 1:45, Luke 2:15, Luke 8:31, and elsewhere

(b) of approach, to or towards: Mark 11:1, Luke 6:8, Luke 19:28, John 11:31, John 21:6, and elsewhere

(c) before plural and collective nouns, among: Mark 4:7, Mark 8:19, Mark 8:20, Luke 11:49, John 21:23, and elsewhere

(d) Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Matthew 8:18, Matthew 21:1, Mark 11:1, Mark 13:16, Luke 14:10, John 6:3, John 11:32, and elsewhere; with accusative of person (as in Ep. and Ion.), Acts 23:15, Romans 5:12, Romans 16:19, 2 Corinthians 10:14

(e) elliptical: ἐπιστολαὶ εἰς Δαμασκόν, Acts 9:2; ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱ., Romans 15:31; metaphorically, of entrance into a certain state or condition, or of approach or direction towards some end, εἰς τ. ὄνομα, M, Pr., 200.

2. Of direction

(a) after verbs of seeing: Matthew 6:26, Mark 6:41, Luke 9:16, Luke 9:62, John 13:22, and elsewhere; metaphorically, of the mind, Hebrews 11:26, Hebrews 12:2, and elsewhere

(b) after verbs of speaking: Matthew 13:10, Matthew 14:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, and elsewhere

3. After verbs of rest

(a) in "pregnant" construction, implying previous motion: Matthew 2:23, Matthew 4:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, 2 Timothy 1:11, Hebrews 11:9, and elsewhere

(b) by an assimilation general in late Gk = ἐν: Luke 1:44, Luke 4:23, Acts 20:16, Acts 21:17, John 1:18, and elsewhere

II. Of time, for, unto

1. accentuating the duration expressed by the accusative: εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Matthew 21:19; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ., Luke 1:50; εἰς τ. διηνεκές, Hebrews 7:3, and elsewhere

2. Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until: Matthew 6:34, Acts 4:3, Acts 25:21, Philippians 1:10, Philippians 2:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 2 Timothy 1:12; of entrance into a future period, εις τὸ μέλλον (see μέλλω), next (year), Luke 13:9 (but with ICC, in l.); εἰς τ. μεταξὺ σάββατον, on the next Sabbath, Acts 13:42; εἰς τὸ πάλιν (see πάλιν, 2 Corinthians 13:2.

III. Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς, Revelation 11:6; μετας-, Acts 2:20, James 4:9; μεταλλάσσειν, Romans 1:26; σχίζειν εἰς δύο, Matthew 27:51, and elsewhere; predicatively with εἴναι, Acts 8:23.

IV. Of relation, to, towards, for, in regard to: Luke 7:30, Romans 4:20, Romans 15:2, Romans 15:26, 1 Corinthians 16:1, Ephesians 3:16, and elsewhere; ἀγάπη εἰς, Romans 5:8, and elsewhere; χρηστός, Ephesians 4:32; φρονεῖν εἰς, Romans 12:16; θαρρεῖν, 2 Corinthians 10:1.

V. Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς, Luke 14:34; σόφος, Romans 16:19; ἰσχύειν, Matthew 5:13; εἰς τοῦτο, Mark 1:38, and elsewhere; ἀφορίζειν εἰς, Romans 1:1; indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον, Romans 8:15; εἰς ἔνδειξιν, Romans 3:25; εἰς τό, with infinitive: Matthew 20:19, Romans 1:11, 1 Corinthians 9:18, and elsewhere

VI. Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (see τέλος, πάλιν, etc.).