eis G1519

εἰς (eis) means “toward” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

εἰς Greek · G1519 1,750 tagged occurrences in 1,497 verses

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TBESG · G1519

εἰς · eis · toward

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

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.

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How translators render G1519

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to	467
into	296
in	177
for	127
vvv	96
on	44
at	32
as	30
so that	19
against	18
among	11
of	6
about	5
and	4
brought	4
leading to	4
over	4
that	4
throughout	4
until	4
why	4
with	4
and so	3
are for	3
before	3
in order that	3
so	3
the	3
to the	3
toward	3
and are	2
and gone into	2
and into	2
back in	2
back to	2
because he is	2
by	2
forever	2
in dealing with	2
on to	2
onto	2
so as	2
to be	2
to bring	2
to please	2
under	2
where	2
actually brought	1
ahead	1
and are turning to	1
and brought into	1
and came to	1
and went into	1
are inclined to	1
as a result	1
as to	1
away to	1
bound for	1
but to bring	1
concerning	1
consequently	1
doing	1
down into	1
endures forever	1
entered	1
escalating	1
extends	1
filled with	1
for gods own	1
for the	1
for to	1
goes back to her	1
he entered	1
how	1
in him	1
in leading	1
in order	1
in order to	1
in order to bring	1
in order to lead	1
in order to meet	1
in your	1
inside	1
is destined for	1
is for	1
it goes into	1
leads to	1
led you to	1
meant to bring	1
meet	1
my purpose	1
off into	1
on my way to	1
out of	1
over to	1
serves as	1
should use	1
so that you may have	1
so then	1
straight	1
that is why	1
that leads to	1
that would have	1
the promise	1
then	1
this is why	1
to advance	1
to bring you	1
to call	1
to cause	1
to come	1
to its	1
to keep	1
to lead us	1
to look into	1
to make	1
to preach	1
to speak	1
to the increase	1
to this	1
to this end	1
to win	1
unto	1
up on	1
upon	1
we went to	1
will meet	1
will suffer	1
with her perpetual requests	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
into	571
to	336
unto	207
for	147
in	136
on	57
toward	28
against	27
that	27
upon	23
at	20
among	16
of	7
throughout	6
concerning	5
one	5
the head	5
back	4
therein	4
whereunto	4
before	3
by	3
forth	3
to the end	3
up to	3
wherein	3
again	2
continually	2
ever	2
home	2
ship	2
so that	2
the person	2
therefore	2
thereunto	2
to be	2
up	2
wherefore	2
with	2
a god	1
a great	1
a living	1
a people	1
a quickening	1
a recompence	1
a snare	1
a stumblingblock	1
a trap	1
abroad	1
after that	1
amen	1
are	1
as	1
at home	1
backward	1
believest thou	1
but	1
even	1
fountains	1
from	1
grew	1
henceforward for	1
home again	1
in among	1
in at	1
it	1
mad	1
made	1
me	1
more exceeding	1
my	1
neither	1
never	1
of against	1
out	1
over unto	1
people	1
shipping	1
soberly	1
that form	1
that i abuse	1
that we	1
that ye should	1
the church	1
the face	1
the fowls	1
the minds	1
the next	1
the record	1
them	1
thereinto	1
those things which are offered to idols	1
till	1
to him	1
to make	1
to the intent	1
until	1
up to be	1
what	1
whereinto	1
whereto	1
wherewith one may edify	1
while	1
whither	1
why	1
wormwood	1

Verses containing G1519

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Acts 9:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
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Acts 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
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Acts 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.
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Acts 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.
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Acts 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
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Acts 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
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Acts 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
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Acts 10:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
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Acts 10:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
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Acts 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him
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Acts 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.
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Acts 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
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Acts 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
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Acts 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
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Acts 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
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Acts 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
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Acts 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
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Acts 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
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Acts 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
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Acts 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
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Acts 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
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Acts 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
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Acts 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
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Acts 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
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Acts 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
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Acts 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
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Acts 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
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Acts 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
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Acts 13:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
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Acts 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas
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Acts 13:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
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Acts 13:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
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Acts 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
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Acts 13:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
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Acts 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
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Acts 13:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
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Acts 13:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
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Acts 13:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
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Acts 13:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
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Acts 13:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
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Acts 13:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
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Acts 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
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Acts 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
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Acts 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
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Acts 14:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
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Acts 14:21 · BSB · 3 occurrences
They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
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Acts 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
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Acts 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
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Acts 14:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
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Acts 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
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