εἰς

2112 εἰς , prep. c. acc., expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in , c. acc.). Of place. After verbs of motion; of entrance into: Mt 8:23 9:7 , Mk 1:45 , Lk 2:15 8:31 , al.; of approach, to or towards : Mk 11:1 , Lk 6:8 19:28 , Jo 11:31 21:6 , al.; before pl. and collective nouns, among : Mk 4:7 8:19 , 20 , Lk 11:49 , Jo 21:23 , al.; 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 ; 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. Of direction; 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.; after verbs of speaking: Mt 13:10 14:9 , I Th 2:9 , al. After verbs of rest; 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.; 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. Of time, for, unto ; 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. 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 . 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 . 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 . 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. Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν , etc (v.s. τέλος, πάλιν , etc.).