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).

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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,
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.