εἰς

G1519 G:PREP

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)