εἰσέρχομαιeisérchomai
to enter (literally or figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G1525
Meanings
to go in or into, enter: Matthew 9:25, Luke 7:45, and elsewhere; followed by εἰς, Matthew 10:12, Mark 2:1, and elsewhere; followed by διά (πύλης, θύρας, etc.), Matthew 7:13, John 10:1, and elsewhere; ὑπὸ τ. στέγην, Matthew 8:8; with adverb: ὅπου, Mark 14:14, Hebrews 6:20; ὧδε, Matthew 22:12; ἔσω, Matthew 26:58; followed by πρός, c accusative of person, Mark 15:43, Luke 1:28, Acts 10:3, Acts 11:3, Acts 16:40, Acts 17:2, Acts 28:8, Revelation 3:20; of demons taking possession, Mark 9:25, Luke 8:30, Luke 22:3, John 13:27; of food, Matthew 15:11, Acts 11:8. Metaph., of thoughts, Luke 9:46; εἰς κόπον, John 4:38; εἰς πειρασμόν, Matthew 26:41, Luke 22:40, Luke 22:46; of hope as an anchor, Hebrews 6:19; βοαί, James 5:4; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Revelation 11:11; εἰς τ. κόσμον (cf. Wisdom 2:24, Wisdom 14:14, John 18:37), Romans 5:12, Hebrews 10:5; in counterparts of Jewish Aram. phrases relating to the theocracy: εἰς τ. γάμους, Matthew 25:10; εἰς τ. χάραν τ. κυρίου, Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23; εἰς τ. ζωήν, Matthew 18:8, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 19:17, Mark 9:43, Mark 9:45; εἰς τ. βασιλ. τ. οὐρανῶν, Matthew 5:20, Matthew 7:21, and elsewhere (see βασιλεία); εἰς τ. κατάπαυσιν, Hebrews 3:11, Hebrews 3:18, Hebrews 4:1ff.; εἰς τ. δόξαν, Luke 24:26; εἰσ. καὶ ἐξερχ., to go in and out (like Heb. בֹוא וְצֵאת, Deuteronomy 28:6, etc.), of familiar intercourse, Acts 1:21; figuratively, of moral freedom, John 10:9 (cf. ἐπ-, παρ-, συν-εισέρχομαι).
Same root
- εἰςeis · G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- ἔρχομαιérchomai · G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- συνεισέρχομαιsyneisérchomai · G4897to enter in company with
- παρεισέρχομαιpareisérchomai · G3922to come in alongside, i.e. supervene additionally or steathily
Where it appears
Appears 194 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:21 So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother.
- Matthew 5:20 “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
- Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
- Matthew 7:13 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.
- Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
- Matthew 8:5 When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,
See every passage
- Matthew 2:21, 5:20, 6:6, 7:13, 7:21, 8:5, 8:8, 9:25, 10:5, 10:11, 10:12, 12:4, 12:29, 12:45, 15:11, 18:3, 18:8, 18:9, 19:17, 19:23, 19:24, 21:10, 21:12, 22:11, 22:12, 23:13, 24:38, 25:10, 25:21, 25:23, 26:41, 26:58, 27:53
- Mark 1:21, 1:45, 2:1, 2:26, 3:1, 3:27, 5:12, 5:13, 5:39, 6:10, 6:22, 6:25, 7:17, 7:24, 8:26, 9:25, 9:28, 9:43, 9:45, 9:47, 10:15, 10:23, 10:24, 10:25, 11:11, 11:15, 13:15, 14:14, 15:43, 16:5
- Luke 1:9, 1:28, 1:40, 4:16, 4:38, 6:4, 6:6, 7:1, 7:6, 7:36, 7:44, 7:45, 8:30, 8:32, 8:33, 8:41, 8:51, 9:4, 9:34, 9:46, 9:52, 10:5, 10:8, 10:10, 10:38, 11:26, 11:37, 11:52, 13:24, 14:23, 15:28, 17:7, 17:12, 17:27, 18:17, 18:25, 19:1, 19:7, 19:45, 21:21, 22:3, 22:10, 22:40, 22:46, 24:3, 24:26, 24:29
- John 3:4, 3:5, 4:38, 10:1, 10:2, 10:9, 13:27, 18:1, 18:28, 18:33, 19:9, 20:5, 20:6, 20:8
- Acts 1:13, 1:21, 3:8, 5:7, 5:10, 5:21, 9:6, 9:12, 9:17, 10:3, 10:24, 10:25, 10:27, 11:3, 11:8, 11:12, 13:14, 14:1, 14:20, 14:22, 16:15, 16:40, 17:2, 18:7, 18:19, 19:8, 19:30, 20:29, 21:8, 23:16, 23:33, 25:23, 28:8, 28:16
- Romans 5:12, 11:25
- 1 Corinthians 14:23, 14:24
- Hebrews 3:11, 3:18, 3:19, 4:1, 4:3, 4:5, 4:6, 4:10, 4:11, 6:19, 6:20, 9:12, 9:24, 9:25, 10:5
- James 2:2, 5:4
- Revelation 3:20, 11:11, 15:8, 21:27, 22:14
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.