Lexical Definition

‎εἰς‎ eis (ice) toward ^G:PREP
a primary preposition

(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), …ward, (where-)fore, with.

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

Abbott-Smith

εἰς, prep. c. acc.,
expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, c. acc.).
I. Of place.
1. After verbs of motion;
(a) of entrance into: Mt 8:23 9:7, Mk 1:45, Lk 2:15 8:31, al.;
(b) of approach, to or towards: Mk 11:1, Lk 6:8 19:28, Jo 11:31 21:6, al.;
(c) before pl. and collective nouns, among: Mk 4:7 8:19, 20, Lk 11:49, Jo 21:23, al.;
(d) Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Mt 8:18, 21:1, Mk 11:1 13:16, Lk 14:10, Jo 6:3 11:32, al.; c. acc. pers. (as in Ep. and Ion.), Ac 23:15, Ro 5:12 16:19, II Co 10:14;
(e) elliptical: ἐπιστολαὶ εἰς Δαμασκόν, Ac 9:2; ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱ., Ro 15:31; metaph., of entrance into a certain state or condition, or of approach or direction towards some end (Thayer, B, i, 1; ii, 1), εἰς τ. ὄνομα, M, Pr., 200.
2. Of direction;
(a) after verbs of seeing: Mt 6:26, Mk 6:41, Lk 9:16, 62, Jo 13:22, al.; metaph., of the mind, He 11:26 12:2, al.;
(b) after verbs of speaking: Mt 13:10 14:9, I Th 2:9, al.
3. After verbs of rest;
(a) in "pregnant" construction, implying previous motion (cl.; v. WM, 516; Bl., §39, 3; M, Pr., 234f.): Mt 2:23 4:13, II Th 2:4, II Ti 1:11, He 11:9, al.;
(b) by an assimilation general in late Gk (v. Bl., M, Pr., ll. c.) = ἐν: Lk 1:44 4:23, Ac 20:16 21:17, Jo 1:18 (but v. Westc, in l.), al.
II. Of time, for, unto;
1. accentuating the duration expressed by the acc.: εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Mt 21:19; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ., Lk 1:50; εἰς τ. διηνεκές, He 7:3, al.
2. Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until: Mt 6:34, Ac 4:3 25:21, Phl 1:10 2:16, I Th 4:15, II Ti 1:12; of entrance into a future period, εις τὸ μέλλον (v.s. μέλλω), next (year), Lk 13:9 (but c. ICC, in l.); εἰς τ. μεταξὺ σάββατον, on the next Sabbath, Ac 13:42; εἰς τὸ πάλιν (v.s. πάλιν, II Co 13:2.
III. Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς, Re 11:6; μετας-, Ac 2:20, Ja 4:9; μεταλλάσσειν, Ro 1:26; σχίζειν εἰς δύο, Mt 27:51, al.; predicatively with εἴναι, Ac 8:23.
IV. Of relation, to, towards, for, in regard to (so in cl., but more freq. in late Gk., εἰς encroaching on the simple dat., which it has wholly displaced in MGr.; Jannaris, Gr., §1541; Robertson, Gr., 594; Deiss., BS, 117f.): Lk 7:30, Ro 4:20 15:2, 26, I Co 16:1, Eph 3:16, al.; ἀγάπη εἰς, Ro 5:8, al.; χρηστός, Eph 4:32; φρονεῖν εἰς, Ro 12:16; θαρρεῖν, II Co 10:1.
V. Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς, Lk 14:34; σόφος, Ro 16:19; ἰσχύειν, Mt 5:13; εἰς τοῦτο, Mk 1:38, al.; ἀφορίζειν εἰς, Ro 1:1; indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον, Ro 8:15; εἰς ἔνδειξιν, Ro 3:25; εἰς τό, c. inf. (= ἵνα or ὥστε; Bl., §71, 5; M, Pr., 218ff.): Mt 20:19, Ro 1:11, I Co 9:18, al.
VI. Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (v.s. τέλος, πάλιν, etc.).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐν εἰς

or ἐς, PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY:—both forms are found in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect poets, and early metrical Inscrr.; ἐς is best attested in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and is found in nearly all early Ionic dialect Inscrr. (except [εἰς in \_Attic dialect\_ Inscrr. from 4th c.BC, “IG” 2.115, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; and usually in Attic dialect Prose (except [εἰς, but ἐς">Refs 5th c.BC+] is used before vowels for the sake of meter; ἐς was retained in the phrases ἐς κόρακας (whence the Verb σκορακίζω), ἐς μακαρίαν. Aeolic dialect poets have εἰς before vowels, ἐς before consonants, and this is given as the rule in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare ἐν, ἰν. The diphthong is genuine in Aeolic dialect εἰς, but spurious in Attic dialect-Ionic dialect) Radical sense into, and then more loosely, to:

__I OF PLACE, the oldest and commonest usage, εἰς ἅλα into or to the sea, [εἰς ἅλαδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.351; ἔς ῥ᾽ ἀσαμίνθους 4.48; ἐς οἶνον βάλε φάρμακον [prev. work] 220 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of places, to, εἰς Εὔβοιαν [Refs]; ἐς Αἴγυπτον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς Μίλητον into the territory of Miletus,[εἰς Ἑλλήσποντον εἰσέπλει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.2; ἀφίκετο εἰς Μήδους πρὸς Κυαξάρην [prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.1.2 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἅρματα βαίνειν to step into.., [εἰς ἐλάτην ἀναβῆναι 14.287 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐκ, in such phrases as ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης, ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς, from heel to ankle-joint, from head to foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κἠς ἔτος ἐξ ἔτεος from year to year, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: with Verbs implying motion or direction, as of looking, ἰδεῖν εἰς οὐρανόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι to look in the face, [Refs], etc.; εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν he is like in face (i.e. ἰδόντι), [Refs], etc.; ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος ἐλθεῖν to come before another's eyes,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἥκειν come to the same point, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently after a substantive, ὁδὸς ἐς λαύρην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐς Παλλήνην τεῖχος facing Pallene, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.b Epic dialect and Ionic dialect, also with accusative person (Attic dialect ὡς, πρός, παρά), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in Attic dialect with collective Nouns, ἐς τὸν δῆμον παρελθόντες [εἰς ὑμᾶς εἰσῆλθον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.103 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of consulting an oracle, ἐς θεὸν ἐλθεῖν [εἰς Ἄμμων᾽ ἐλθόντες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 619. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 with Verbs expressing restin a place, when a previous motion into or to it is implied, ἐς μέγαρον κατέθηκεν ἐπὶ θρόνου he put it in the house (i.e. he brought it into the house, and put it there), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς θρόνους ἕζοντο they sat them down upon the seats, [Refs]; ἐφάνη λὶς εἰς ὁδόν the lion appeared in the path, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπόβασιν ποιήσασθαι ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later used like{ἐν}, τὴν γῆν εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς κατοικεῖτε [εἰς Ῥώμην 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.117; οἰκεῖν εἰς τὰ Ὕπατα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 1; εἰς Ἐκβάτανα ἀποθανεῖν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 7.8; εἰς ἅπασαν τὴν γῆν 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see {Καλλίμαχος}">LXX+1st c.BC+]: generally, τοὔνομα εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, φασίν, Ἱππομιγὴς δύναται [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.3 with Verbs of saying or speaking, εἰς relates to the persons to or before whom one speaks, εἰπεῖν ἐς πάντας, ἐς πάντας αὔδα, [εἰς τὸ μέσον τῶν ταξιάρχων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.7; αἱ ἐς τὸ φανερὸν λεγόμεναι αἰτίαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: with other Verbs, εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας σαυτὸν σοφιστὴν παρέχων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπαχθὴς ἦν ἐς τοὺς πολλούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 elliptical usages,
__I.4.a after Verbs which have no sense of motion to or into a place, τὴν πόλιν ἐξέλιπον εἰς χωρίον ὀχυρόν they quitted the city for a strong position, i.e. to seek a strong position, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γράμματα ἑάλωσαν εἰς Ἀθήνας letters were captured [and sent] to Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4.b participles signifying motion are frequently omitted with εἰς, τοῖς στρατηγοῖς τοῖς εἰς Σικελίαν (i.e. ἀποδειχθεῖσιν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4.c with genitive, mostly of proper names, as εἰς Ἀΐδαο, Attic dialect εἰς Ἅιδου [δόμους], [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς Ἀθηναίης [ἱερόν] to the temple of Athena, [Refs]; εἰς Αἰγύπτοιο [ῥόον] [εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 411; ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [ἰέναι] εἰς Ἀγάθωνος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174a: with Appellatives, ἀνδρὸς ἐς ἀφνειοῦ">Refs 8th c.BC+] to a rich man's house, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέμπειν εἰς διδασκάλων send to school, [εἰς δ. φοιτᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 326c ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς σεωυτοῦ, ἑωυτοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II OF TIME,
__II.1 to denote a certain point or limit of time, up to, until, ἐς ἠῶ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα till sunset, [Refs]towards or near sunset,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς ἐμέ up to my time, [εἰς ὅτε (compare ἔς τε)">Refs 5th c.BC+] against the time when.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς πότ; until when ? how long ? [εἰς ὁπότε 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.99 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τ; ={εἰς πότε}; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς ὅ until, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 to determine a period, εἰς ἐνιαυτόν for a year, i.e. a whole year, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; within the year,[εἰς ὥρας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.135 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς θέρος ἢ ἐς ὀπώρην for the summer, i.e. throughout it, [Refs]; ἡ εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν κειμένη δαπάνη εἰς τὸν μῆνα δαπανᾶται the expenditure for a year is expended in the month, [εἰς ἓξ μῆνας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.15; χοίνικα κριθῶν εἰς τέσσαρας ἡμέρας διεμέτρει 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 36J. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἑσπέραν ἥκειν to come at even, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τρίτην ἡμέραν or εἰς τρίτην alone, on the third day, in two days, [εἰς τὸ ἔαρ “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 17.4 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τέλος at last, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς καιρόν in season, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐς ἀναβολάς, ἀμβολάς, with no delay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τότε at this time, variant in [εἰς τότε">Refs 8th c.BC+] at that time (in the future), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ὕστερον or τὸ ὕστερον, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (; ἐς αὐτίκα μάλ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἔπειτα (see. εἰσέπειτα (; ἐς τὸ ἔ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἅπαξ, see at {εἰσάπα; εἰς ἔτι}, see at {εἰσέτι}.
__III to express MEASURE OR LIMIT, without reference to Time, ἐς δίσκουρα λέλειπτο was left behind as far as a quoit's throw, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς δραχμὴν διέδωκε paid them as much as a drachma, [εἰς δύο τάλαντα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 23.8 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἐς τὰ μάλιστα to the greatest degree, [εἰς τοσοῦτο ἥκειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.10; εἰς τοῦτο θράσους καὶ ἀναιδείας ἀφίκετο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.194 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ὅ ἐμέμνηντο so far as they remembered, [εἰς ἅλις 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.17. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 frequently with Numerals, ἐς τριακάδας δέκα ναῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ναῦς ἐς τὰς τετρακοσίας, διακοσίας, to the number of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἕνα, εἰς δύο, εἰς τέσσαρας, one, two, four deep, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but εἰς τέσσαρας four abreast, [Refs 4th c.BC+] thrice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of round numbers, about, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 distributive, εἰς φυλάς by tribes, [LXX]
__III.4
__IV to express RELATION, towards, in regard to, ἐξαμαρτεῖν εἰς θεούς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἁμάρτημα εἴς τινα, αἰτίαι ἐς ἀλλήλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέγειν ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.b of the subject of a work, especially in titles, e.g. τὰ ἐς Ἀπολλώνιον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the object of a dedication, as in titles of hymns, ἐπινίκια, etc.
__IV.2 in regard to, πρῶτος εἰς εὐψυχίαν [εἰς φιλίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.30; εἰς τὰ πολεμικὰ καταφρονεῖσθαι [prev. author] “HG” 7.4.30; πόλεως εὐδοκιμωτάτης εἰς σοφίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; in respect of, εὐτυχεῖν ἐς τέκνα [εἰς χρήματα ζημιοῦσθαι [prev. author] “Lg.” 774b, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.55 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τὰ ἄλλα Th.I.I; εἰς ἄπαντα [εἰς μὲν ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 210a ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τό γ᾽ εἰς ἑαυτόν, τὸ εἰς ἐμέ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; for τελεῖν ἐς Ἕλληνας, Βοιωτούς, ἄνδρας, etc., see at {τελέω}.
__IV.3 of Manner, ἐς τὸν νῦν τρόπον [εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λόγο; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 353d; ἐς ἓν μέλος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.7: frequently periphrastic for \_adverbs\_, ἐς κοινὸν φράζειν, λέγειν, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 844, “Eu.” 408 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τὸ πᾶν, ={πάντως}, [Refs]; ἐς τάχος, ={ταχέως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς εὐτέλειαν, ={εὐτελῶς}, [εἰς καλόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 78, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 76e; ἐς δέον γεγονέναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1416, and see at {δέον}. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V ofan end or limit, ἔρχεσθαι, τελευτᾶν, λήγειν ἐς.., to end in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταξαίνειν ἐς φοινικίδα to cut into red rags, [εἰς αἷμα NT.Rev.11.6 ">NT+5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τελευτᾶν, εἰς ἄνδρα γενειᾶν, [εἰς καρπόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.10: so with εἶναι or γίγνομαι">Refs 5th c.BC+] to form a predicate, ἔσται εἰς ἔθνη [εἰς γυναῖκα [prev. work] 20.12 ">LXX]; πιστὸς (i.e. ἦν) εἰς προφήτην [εἰς δένδρον NT.Luke.13.19, +others ">LXX+NT]
__V.2 of Purpose or Object, εἰπεῖν εἰς ἀγαθόν, πείσεται εἰς ἀγαθόν, for good, for his good, [εἰς ἀγαθὰ μυθεῖσθαι 23.305; ἐς πόλεμον θωρήξομαι 8.376, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.29, etc.">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς φόβον to cause fear, [εἰς ἑορτάς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.6; ἐπιτηδεότατος, εὐπρεπής, ἔς τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115, 2.116 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς κάλλος ζῆν to live for show, [εἰς κέρδος τι δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” III; πάσας φωνὰς ἱέντων εἰς ἀπόφυξιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 562; εἰς γράμματα παιδὶ δεκετεῖ ἐνιαυτοὶ τρεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 809e ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα εἶναι to be pertinent, to the purpose, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; frequently of expenditure on an object, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B POSITION: εἰς is sometimes parted from its accusative by several words, εἰς ἀμφοτέρω Διομήδεος ἅρματα βήτην [εἰς δὲ μονάρχου δῆμος ἀϊδρίῃ δουλοσύνην ἔπεσεν 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 9: seldom (only in Poets)">Refs 8th c.BC+] put after its case, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: after an adverb, αὔριον ἔς· τῆμος δὲ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Num.35.34 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.10.21 ☩ Rev.11.6 ☩ LXX.Gen.17.16 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.3.20 ☩ Luke.13.19}