εἰς

a preposition governing the accusative, and denoting entrance into, or direction and limit: into, to, toward, for, among. It is used:
A. Properly
I. of place, after verbs of going, coming, sailing, flying, falling, living, leading, carrying, throwing, sending, etc.;
1. of a place entered, or of entrance into a place, into; and a. it stands before nouns designating an open place, a hollow thing, or one in which an object can be hidden: as εἰς (τήν) πόλιν, Mt 26:18; Mt 28:11; Mk 1:45, and often; εἰς τόν οἶκον, Mt 9:7; συναγωγήν, Acts 17:10; πλοῖον, Mt 8:23; Jn 6:17; Acts 21:6; θάλασσαν, Mt 17:27; ἄβυσσον, Lk 8:31; οὐρανόν, Lk 2:15; κόσμον, Jn 1:9; Jn 3:19, etc.; τά ἰδίᾳ, Jn 1:11; Jn 16:32; Acts 21:6; ἀποθήκην, Mt 3:12; εἰς τά ὦτα, Lk 1:44; εἰς τάς ζώνας or ζώνην, Mt 10:9; Mk 6:8, etc.; εἰς ἀέρα, 1 Cor 14:9; εἰς πῦρ, Mk 9:22, etc.; εἰς αὐτόν, of a demon entering the body of a man, Mk 9:25. with the accusative of person (German zu jemand hinein), into the house of one (cf. Kühner, § 432, 1, 1 a.; (Jelf, § 625, 1 a.)): εἰς τήν Λυδίαν, Acts 16:40 Rec., but here more correctly πρός with G L T Tr WH; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 49, a, α. (εἰς ἐμαυτόν, Wis. 8:18). γίνομαι εἰς with the accusative of place, see γίνομαι, 5 g. b. before names of cities, villages, and countries, εἰς may be rendered simply to, toward, (German nach; as if it indicated merely motion toward a destination; (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 49, a, α.)); as εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα εἰς Δαμασκόν, εἰς Βέροιαν, etc.; εἰς Σπανίαν, Αἴγυπτον, Γαλιλαίαν, etc.; but it is not to be so translated in such phrases as εἰς τήν Ιουδαίαν γῆν, etc., Jn 3:22; Mt 2:12 cf. Matthew 20, 21; εἰς τά μέρη τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Mt 2:22, etc.
c. elliptical expressions are — εἰς ᾅδου, namely, δομον, Acts 2:27 (Rec.), 31 (not T WH); see ᾅδης, 2. ἐπιστολαί εἰς Δαμασκόν, to be carried to D., Acts 9:2; ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς (L Tr marginal reading ἐν) Ἱερουσαλήμ (see in διακονία, 3), Rom 15:31; cf. Bernhardy (1829), p. 216.
d. εἰς means among (in among) before nouns comprising a multitude; as, εἰς τούς λῃστάς, Lk 10:36; εἰς (L marginal reading ἐπί) τάς ἀκάνθας, Mk 4:7 (for which Lk 8:7 gives ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν); or before persons, Mk 8:19; Lk 11:49; Jn 21:23; Acts 18:6; Acts 20:29; Acts 22:21, Acts 22:30; Acts 26:17; see ἀποστέλλω, 1 b.; or before a collective noun in the singular number, as εἰς τόν δῆμον, Acts 17:5; Acts 19:30; εἰς τόν ὄχλον, Acts 14:14; εἰς τόν λαόν, Acts 4:17.
2. If the surface only of the place entered is touched or occupied, εἰς, like the Latinin, may (often) be rendered on, upon, (German auf) (sometimes by unto, — (idioms vary)), to mark the limit reached, or where one sets foot. Of this sort are εἰς τό πέραν (A. V. unto), Mt 8:18; Mt 14:22; Mk 4:35; εἰς τήν γῆν, Lk 12:49 (L T Tr WH ἐπί); Acts 26:14; Rev 8:5, Rev 8:7; Rev 9:3; Rev 12:4, Rev 12:9 εἰς τήν κλίνην, Rev 2:22; εἰς ὁδόν, Mt 10:5; Mk 6:8; Lk 1:79; εἰς τήν ὁδόν, Mk 11:8{a} (L marginal reading ἐν with the dative, 8{b} R G L); εἰς τόν ἀγρόν, Mt 22:5; Mk 13:16; εἰς τό ὄρος (or εἰς ὄρος; here A. V. uses into), Mt 5:1; Mt 14:23; Mt 15:29; Mt 17:1; Mk 3:13; Mk 9:2; Lk 9:28; Jn 6:3, etc.; εἰς τά δεξιά, Jn 21:6; σπείρειν εἰς τί (τήν σάρκα), Gal 6:8 (here A. V. unto; cf. Ellicott at the passage); ἀναπίπτειν εἰς τόπον, Lk 14:10; δέχομαι εἰς τάς ἀγκάλας, Lk 2:28; τύπτειν εἰς τήν κεφαλήν, Mt 27:30 (εἰς τήν σιαγόνα, Lk 6:29 Tdf.; ῥαπίζειν εἰς τήν... σιαγόνα, Mt 5:39 L T Tr text WH, where R G ἐπί), and in other phrases.
3. of motion (not into a place itself, but) into the vicinity of a place; where it may be rendered to, near, toward, (cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 81f (for examples only)): εἰς τήν. θάλασσαν, Mk 3:7 G L T Tr marginal reading; εἰς πόλιν, Jn 4:5 cf. Jn 4:28; εἰς τό μνημεῖον, Jn 11:31, Jn 11:38; Jn 20:1, Jn 20:3f, 8; ἐγγιζεινεις etc. Mt 21:1; Mk 11:1; Lk 18:35; Lk 19:29; εἰς τούς φραγμούς, Lk 14:23; πίπτειν εἰς τί πόδας, at, Jn 11:32 (T Tr WH πρός); κλίνειν τό πρόσωπον εἰς τήν γῆν, Lk 24:5; εἰς τήν χεῖρα, on, Lk 15:22.
4. of the limit to which; with the accusative of place, as far as, even to: λάμπειν ἐκ... εἰς, Lk 17:24; with the accusative plural of person to, unto Acts 23:15 (εἰς ὑμᾶς, for R G πρός); Rom 5:12; Rom 16:19; 2 Cor 9:5 (L Tr πρός); .
5. of local direction;
a. after verbs of seeing: ἐπαίρειν τούς ὀφθαλμούς εἰς τί, τινα, Lk 6:20 βλέπειν, Lk 9:62; Jn 13:22; Acts 3:4; ἀναβλέπειν, Mk 6:41; Lk 9:16; Acts 22:13; ἐμβλέπειν, Mt 6:26; ἀτενίζειν, which see b. after verbs of saying, teaching, announcing, etc. (cf. German die Rede richten an etc.; Latindicere ad orcoram; (English direct one's remarks to or toward); examples from Greek authors are given by Bernhardy (1829), p. 217; Passow, i., p. 802{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. b. 3); Krüger, § 68, 21, 6): κηρύσσειν, as ἦν κηρύσσων εἰς τάς συναγωγάς αὐτῶν εἰς ὅλην τήν Γαλιλαίαν, preaching to the synagogues throughout all Galilee, Mk 1:39 (Rec. ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς, as Lk 4:44 (where T WH Tr text now εἰς; cf. Winers Grammar, 416 (387); Buttmann, 333 (287); but in Mark, the passage cited T Tr text WH now read ἦλθεν κηρύσσων κτλ.)); τό εὐαγγέλιον εἰς ὅλον τόν κόσμον, Mk 14:9; εἰς πάντα τά ἔθνη, Mk 13:10; Lk 24:47; εἰς ὑμᾶς, 1 Thess 2:9; ἀπαγγέλλειν (Rec. ἀναγγέλλειν) τί εἰς, Mk 5:14; Lk 8:34; γνωρίζειν, Rom 16:26; εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, 2 Cor 10:16; εἰς ὑμᾶς, 1 Pet 1:25; λέγειν (Rec.; others, λαλεῖν) εἰς τόν κόσμον, Jn 8:26; (λαλεῖν τόν λόγον εἰς τήν Πέργην, Acts 14:25 T WH marginal reading); διαμαρτύρεσθαι and μαρτυρεῖν, Acts 23:11.
II. of Time;
1. it denotes entrance into period which is penetrated, as it were, i. e. duration through a time (Latinin; German hinein, hinaus): εἰς τόν αἰῶνα and the like, see αἰών, 1 a.; εἰς τό διηνεκές, Heb 7:3; Heb 10:1, Heb 10:12, Heb 10:14; εἰς πολλά, Lk 12:19; τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ (ἡμέρα) εἰς μίαν σαββάτων, dawning into (A. V. toward) the first day of the week, Mt 28:1. Hence,
2. of the time in which a thing is done; because he who does or experiences a thing at any time is conceived of as, so to speak, entering into that time: εἰς τόν καιρόν αὐτῶν, in their season, Lk 1:20; εἰς τό μέλλον namely, ἔτος, the next year (but under the word μέλλω, 1. Grimm seems to take the phrase indefinitely, thenceforth (cf. Greek text)), Lk 13:9; εἰς τό μεταξύ σάββατον, on the next sabbath, Acts 13:42; εἰς τό πάλιν, again (for the second, third, time), 2 Cor 13:2.
3. of the (temporal) limit for which anything is or is done; Latinin; our for, unto: Rev 9:15; εἰς τήν αὔριον namely, ἡμέραν, for the morrow, Mt 6:34; Acts 4:3; εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως, 2 Pet 2:9; 2 Pet 3:7; εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ, Phm 1:10; Phm 2:16; εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεως, Eph 4:30.
4. of the (temporal) limit to which; unto, i. e. even to, until: Acts 25:21; 1 Thess 4:15; εἰς ἐκείνην τήν ἡμέραν, 2 Tim 1:12. On the phrase εἰς τέλος, see τέλος, 1 a.
B. Used Metaphorically,
I. εἰς retains the force of entering into anything,
1. where one thing is said to be changed into another, or to be separated into parts, or where several persons or things are said to be collected or combined into one, etc.: ἀποβαίνειν εἰς τί, Phm 1:19; γίνεσθαι εἰς τί, see γίνομαι, 5 d.; εἶναι εἰς τί, see εἰμί, V. 2 (a. at the end)
c. and d.; στρέφειν τί εἰς τί Rev 11:6; μεταστρέφειν, Acts 2:20; Jas 4:9; μεταλλάσνειν, Rom 1:26; μετασχηματίζεσθαι, 2 Cor 11:13f; συνοικοδομεῖσθαι, Eph 2:22; κτίζειν τινα εἰς, Eph 2:15; λαμβάνειν τί εἰς, Heb 11:8; λογίζεσθαι εἰς τί, see λογίζομαι, 1 a. ἐσχίσθη εἰς δύο, Mt 27:51; Mk 15:38 (Polybius 2, 16, 11 σχίζεται εἰς δύο μέρη); δηιν εἰς δέσμας, Mt 13:30 (G omits; Tr WH brackets εἰς); εἰς ἐν τελειουσθαι, Jn 17:23; συνάγειν εἰς ἐν, Jn 11:52.
2. after verbs of going, coming, leading, etc., εἰς is joined to nouns designating the conditional state into which one passes, falls, etc.: ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν or τοῦ Θεοῦ, see βασιλεία, 3, p. 97{b}; εἰς τήν ζωήν, Mt 18:8; Mt 19:17; Mt 25:46; εἰς τήν χαράν, Mt 25:21, Mt 25:23; εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον, Mt 25:46; ἔρχεσθαι εἰς κρίσιν, Jn 5:24; εἰσφέρειν, ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς πειρασμόν, Mt 6:13; Mt 26:41; Mk 14:38 (T WH ἔλθητε); ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τό χεῖρον, Mk 5:26; εἰς ἀπελεγμόν, Acts 19:27; εἰς προκοπήν, Phm 1:12; μεταβαίνειν εἰς τήν ζωήν, Jn 5:24; 1 Jn 3:14; πορεύεσθαι εἰς θάνατον, Lk 22:33; ὑπάγειν εἰς ἀπώλειαν, Rev 17:8, Rev 17:11; ὑπάγειν or πορεύεσθαι εἰς εἰρήνην, see εἰρήνη, 3; ὑποστρέφειν εἰς διαφοράν, Acts 13:34; συντρέχειν εἰς ἀνάχυσιν, 1 Pet 4:4; βάλλειν εἰς θλῖψιν, Rev 2:22; περιτρέπειν εἰς μανίαν, Acts 26:24; μεταστρέφειν and στρέφειν εἰς τί, Acts 2:20; Rev 11:6; ὁδηγεῖν τήν ἀλήθειαν (T ἐν τῇ ἀλήθειαν), Jn 16:13; αἰχμαλωτίζειν εἰς ὑπακοήν, 2 Cor 10:5; παραδιδόναι εἰς θλῖψιν, Mt 24:9; εἰς θάνατον, 2 Cor 4:11; εἰς κρίμα θανάτου, Lk 24:20; συγκλείειν εἰς ἀπείθειαν, Rom 11:32; ἐμπίπτειν εἰς κρίμα, εἰς ὀνειδισμόν καί παγίδα, εἰς πειρασμόν, 1 Tim 3:6; 1 Tim 6:9.
3. it is used of the business which one enters into, i. e. of what he undertakes: ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς τόν κόπον τίνος, to take up and carry on a labor begun by another, Jn 4:38; τρέχειν εἰς πόλεμον, Rev 9:9; ἔρχομαι εἰς ἀποκαλύψεις, I come, in my narrative, to revelations, i. e. to the mention of them, 2 Cor 12:1.
II. εἰς after words indicating motion or direction or end;
1. it denotes motion to something, after verbs of going, coming, leading, calling, etc., and answers to the Latinad, to: καλεῖν τινα εἰς γάμον, γάμους, δεῖπνον, etc. to invite to, etc., Mt 22:3; Lk 14:8, Lk 14:10; Jn 2:2; καλεῖν τινα εἰς μετάνοιαν, etc., Lk 5:32; 2 Thess 2:14; ἄγειν τινα εἰς μετάνοιαν, Rom 2:4; ἐπιστρέφειν εἰς τό φῶς, Acts 26:18; ἐκτρέπεσθαι εἰς ματαιολογίαν, 1 Tim 1:6; μετατίθεσθαι εἰς ἕτερον εὐαγγέλιον Gal 1:6; χωρῆσαι εἰς μετάνοιαν, 2 Pet 3:9, etc.
2. of ethical direction or reference;
a. universally, of acts in which the mind is directed toward, or looks to, something: βλέπειν εἰς πρόσωπον τίνος (see βλέπω, 2 c.); ἀποβλέπειν εἰς τήν μισθαποδοσίαν, Heb 11:26; ἀφοραν εἰς... Ἰησοῦν, Heb 12:2 (see A. I. 5 a. above); πιστεύειν εἰς τινα, and the like, cf. under πιστεύω, πίστις, ἐλπίζω (ἐλπίς), etc.; ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχειν εἰς τί, directed toward etc. Phm 1:23; λέγειν εἰς τινα, to speak with reference to one, Acts 2:25 (Diodorus Siculus 11, 50); λέγειν τί εἰς τί, to say something in reference to something, Eph 5:32; λαλεῖν τί εἰς τί, to speak something relating to something, Heb 7:14; ὀμνύειν εἰς τί, to swear with the mind directed toward, Mt 5:35; ἐυδόκειν εἰς τινα, Mt 12:18 (R G); 2 Pet 1:17.
b. for one's advantage or disadvantage; α. for, for the benefit of, to the advantage of: εἰς ἡμᾶς, Eph 1:19; εἰς ὑμᾶς, 2 Cor 13:4 (but WH brackets); Eph 3:2; Col 1:25; πλουτεῖν εἰς θεόν to abound in riches made to subserve God's purposes and promote his glory, Lk 12:21 (so too Winer's Grammar, 397 (371); but cf. Meyer edition Weiss, at the passage); Christ is said πλουτεῖν εἰς πάντας, to abound in riches redounding to the salvation of all men, Rom 10:12; πλεονάζειν εἰς τί, Phm 4:17; ἐλεημοσύνην ποιεῖν εἰς τό ἔθνος, Acts 24:17; εἰς τούς πτωχούς, for the benefit of the poor, Rom 15:26; εἰς τούς ἁγίους, 2 Cor 8:4; 2 Cor 9:1, cf. 2 Cor 9:13; κοπιαν εἰς τινα, Rom 16:6; Gal 4:11; εἰς Χριστόν, to the advantage and honor of Christ, Phm 1:6; ἐργάζεσθαι τί εἰς τινα, Mk 14:6 Rec.; 3 Jn 1:5; λειτουργός εἰς τά ἔθνη, Rom 15:16; γενόμενα εἰς Καθαρναουμ (for Rec. ἐν Καπερναούμ (cf. Winers Grammar, 416 (388); Buttmann, 333 (286))), Lk 4:23. β. unto in a disadvantageous sense (against): μηδέν ἄτοπον εἰς αὐτόν γενόμενον, Acts 28:6.
c. of the mood or inclination, affecting one toward any person or thing; of one's mode of action toward;
α. in a good sense: ἀγάπη εἰς τινα, unto, toward, one, Rom 5:8; 2 Cor 2:4, 2 Cor 2:8; Col 1:4; 1 Thess 3:12; τό αὐτό εἰς ἀλλήλους φρονεῖν, Rom 12:16; φιλόστοργος, Rom 12:10; φιλόξενος, 1 Pet 4:9; χρηστός, Eph 4:32; ἀποκαταλλάσσειν εἰς αὐτόν (others, αὐτόν see αὑτοῦ, Col 1:20 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 397 (371)). β. in a bad sense: ἁμαρτάνειν εἰς τινα (see ἁμαρτάνω, b.); λόγον εἰπεῖν and βλασθήμειν εἰς τινα, Lk 12:10; Mk 3:29; βλασθημος εἰς τινα, Acts 6:11; βλασθημων λέγω εἰς τινα, Lk 22:65; ἐπιβουλή εἰς τινα, Acts 23:30; ἔχθρα, Rom 8:7; ἀντιλογία, Heb 12:3; θάρρειν εἰς τινα, 2 Cor 10:1.
d. of reference or relation; with respect to, in reference to; as regards, (cf. Kühner, 2:408 c.; (Jelf, § 625, 3 e.)): Lk 7:30; Acts 25:20 (T Tr WH omit εἰς; Rom 4:20; Rom 15:2; 2 Cor 10:16; 2 Cor 13:3; Gal 6:4; Eph 3:16; Phm 1:5; Phm 2:22; 1 Thess 5:18; εἰς τί ἐδίστασας; '(looking) unto what (i. e. wherefore) didst thou doubt? Mt 14:31; cf. Hermann ad Oed. C. 528' (Fritzsche). of the consideration influencing one to do anything: μετανοεῖν εἰς κήρυγμα τίνος, at the preaching of one, i. e. out of regard to the substance of his preaching, Mt 12:41; δέχεσθαι τινα εἰς ὄνομα τίνος, Mt 10:41f; εἰς διαταγάς ἀγγέλων (see διαταγή), Acts 7:53.
e. with the accusative of the person toward (German nach einem hin), but in sense nearly equivalent to the simple dative to, unto, after verbs of approving, manifesting, showing oneself: ἀποδεδειγμένος εἰς ὑμᾶς, Acts 2:22; ἔνδειξιν ἐνδείκνυσθαι, 2 Cor 8:24; φανερωθέντες εἰς ὑμᾶς, 2 Cor 11:6 (L T Tr WH φανερώσαντες namely, τήν γνῶσιν).
3. it denotes the end; and a. the end to which a thing reaches or extends, i. e. measure or degree: (ἔφερεν εἰς τριάκοντα, Mk 4:8 T Tr text WH; cf. Buttmann, 80 (27); Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. III. 2); εἰς τά ἄμετρα, 2 Cor 10:13; εἰς περισσείαν, 2 Cor 10:15; εἰς ὑπερβολήν (often in Greek writings, as Euripides, Hipp. 939; Aeschines f. leg. § 4), 2 Cor 4:17. of the limit: εἰς τό σωφρονεῖν, unto moderation, modesty, i. e. not beyond it, Rom 12:3.
b. the end which a thing is adapted to attain (a use akin to that in B. II. 2 b.; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 213 (200))): ἀργός καί ἄκαρπος εἰς τί, 2 Pet 1:8; ἐυρηετος, Lk 9:62 R G; (); εὔχρηστος, 2 Tim 4:11; χρήσιμος, 2 Tim 2:14 R G, δυναμουμενος, Col 1:11; θεοδίδακτος, 1 Thess 4:9; βραδύς, Jas 1:19; σοφός, Rev 16:19; φῶς εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν, Lk 2:32; δύναμις εἰς etc. Rom 1:16; Heb 11:11; ἀναγενναν εἰς, 1 Pet 1:3f; ἀνακαινόω, Col 3:10; σοφίζειν τινα εἰς, 2 Tim 3:15; ἰσχύειν εἰς, Mt 5:13.
c. the end which one has in view, i. e. object, purpose;
a. associated with other prepositions (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 50, 5): ἐκ πίστεως εἰς πίστιν, to produce faith Rev 1:17, cf. Fritzsche, Meyer, Van Hengel, at the passage; ἐξ αὐτοῦ καί δἰ αὐτοῦ καί εἰς αὐτόν, answering to his purposes (the final cause), Rom 11:36; ἐξ οὗ τά πάντα καί ἡμεῖς εἰς αὐτόν, 1 Cor 8:6; δἰ αὐτοῦ καί εἰς αὐτόν (see διά, A. III. 2 b. under the end), Col 1:16; δἰ αὐτοῦ εἰς αὐτόν, Col 1:20. β. shorter phrases: εἰς τοῦτο, to this end, Mk 1:38; (Lk 4:43 R G Tr marginal reading); εἰς αὐτό τοῦτο (R. V. for this very thing), 2 Cor 5:5; εἰς τοῦτο... ἵνα etc. Jn 18:37; 1 Jn 3:8; Rom 14:9; 2 Cor 2:9; 1 Pet 4:6; εἰς αὐτό τοῦτο... ὅπως etc. Rom 9:17; ἵνα, Col 4:8; Eph 6:22; εἰς τί, to what purpose, Mt 26:8; Mk 14:4; εἰς ὁ, to which end, for which cause, 2 Thess 1:11; Col 1:29. γ. universally: βαπτίζω εἰς τινα, τί (see βαπτίζω, II.
b. aa.); παιδαγωγός εἰς τόν Χριστόν, Gal 3:24; συγκεκλεισμένοι εἰς τήν πίστιν, that we might the more readily embrace the faith when its time should come, Gal 3:23; φρουρούμενοι εἰς τήν σωτηρίαν, that future salvation may be yours, 1 Pet 1:5; ἀγοράζειν εἰς τήν ἑορτήν, Jn 13:29; εἰς ὄλεθρον σαρκός, 1 Cor 5:5; εἰς τήν ἡμετέραν διδασκαλίαν, Rev 15:4, and in many other examples especially after verbs of appointing, choosing, preparing, doing, coming, sending, etc.: κεῖμαι, Lk 2:34; Phm 1:17 (16); 1 Thess 3:3; τασσο, 1 Cor 16:15; τάσσομαι, Acts 13:48; ἀφορίζω, Rev 1:1; Acts 13:2; πρωρίζω, Eph 1:5; 1 Cor 2:7; ἁιρέομαι, 2 Thess 2:13; τίθεμαι, 1 Tim 1:12; 1 Pet 2:8; καταρτίζω, Rom 9:22f; ἀποστέλλω, Heb 1:14; πέμπω, 1 Thess 3:2, 1 Thess 3:5; Col 4:8; Phm 4:16 (L brackets εἰς); 1 Pet 2:14; ἔρχομαι, Jn 9:39; ποιεῖν τί εἰς, 1 Cor 10:31; 1 Cor 11:24. Modeled after the Hebrew are the phrases, ἐγείρειν τινα εἰς βασιλέα, to be king, Acts 13:22; ἀνατρέφεσθαι τινα εἰς υἱόν, Acts 7:21; τέθεικά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, Acts 13:47 (from Isa 49:6 Alex.); cf. Gesenius, Lehrgeb., p. 814; Buttmann, 150 (131); (Winer's Grammar, § 32, 4b.). δ. εἰς τί, indicating purpose, often depends not on anyone preceding word with which it coalesces into a single phrase, but has the force of a telic clause added to the already complete preceding statement; thus, εἰς δόξαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rom 15:7; Phm 1:11; Phm 2:11; εἰς φόβον, that ye should fear, Rom 8:15; εἰς ἔνδειξιν, that he might show, Rom 3:25; εἰς ζωήν, to procure eternal life (namely, for those mentioned), Jn 4:14; Jn 6:27 (in which passages the phrase is by many interpretations (e. g. DeWette, Meyer, Lange; cf. Winer's Grammar, 397 (371) note) incorrectly joined with ά῾λλεσθαι and μένειν (cf. Thol., Luthardt, others)); Rom 5:21; 1 Tim 1:16; Jude 1:21; add, Mt 8:4; Mt 27:7; Mk 6:11; Acts 11:18; Rom 10:4; Phm 1:25; Phm 2:16; 2 Tim 2:25; Rev 22:2, etc. ε. εἰς τό followed by an infinitive, a favorite construction with Paul (cf. Buttmann, 264f (227f); Harmsen in the Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Theol. for 1874, pp. 345-360), is like the Latinad with the gerundive. It is of two kinds; either αα. εἰς τό combines with the verb on which it depends into a single sentence, as παραδώσουσιν αὐτόν... εἰς τό ἐμπαῖξαι (Vulg.ad deludendum), Mt 20:19; εἰς τό σταυρωθῆναι, Mt 26:2; οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰς τό τά εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν (Vulg.aedificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta), 1 Cor 8:10; μή οἰκίας οὐκ ἔχετε εἰς τό ἐσθίειν καί πίνειν, 1 Cor 11:22; εἰς τό προσφέρειν δῶρα τέ καί θυσίας καθίσταται (Vulg.ad offerenda munera et hostias), Heb 8:3; add, Heb 9:28; 1 Thess 2:16; 1 Thess 4:9; Phm 1:23; or ββ. εἰς τό with the infinitive has the force of a separate telic clause (equivalent to ἵνα with the subjunctive) (Meyer (on Rom 1:20) asserts that this is its uniform force, at least in Romans (cf. his note on 2 Cor 8:6); on the other hand, Harmsen (u. s.) denies the telic force of εἰς τό before an infinitive present; cf. also Winers Grammar, 329 (309); especially Buttmann, as above and p. 265 note; Ellicott on 1 Thess 2:12; and see below,
d. at the end): Lk 20:20 R G; Acts 3:19 (T WH πρός); Rom 1:11; Rom 4:16, Rom 4:18; Rom 11:11; Rom 12:2; Rom 15:8, Rom 15:13; 1 Cor 9:18; 1 Cor 10:6; Gal 3:17; Eph 1:12, Eph 1:18; 1 Thess 2:12, 1 Thess 2:16; 1 Thess 3:5; 2 Thess 1:5; 2 Thess 2:2, 2 Thess 2:10; Jas 1:18; Heb 2:17; Heb 7:25; Heb 9:14, Heb 9:28; Heb 12:10; Heb 13:21; εἰς τό μή, lest, 2 Cor 4:4; 1 Pet 3:7.
d. the end by which a thing is completed, i. e. the result or effect: Acts 10:4; Revelation 6:19 (εἰς τήν ἀνομίαν (but WH brackets), so that iniquity was the result); Rev 10:10; Rev 13:14; 1 Cor 11:17; 2 Cor 2:16; Eph 5:2, etc.; εἰς τό with an infinitive so that (cf. ββ. above): Rom 1:20; 2 Cor 8:6.
C. Constructions that are peculiar in some respects.
1. Various forms of pregnant and brachylogical construction (Winers Grammar, § 66, 2; (less fully, Buttmann, 327 (282)); Bernhardy (1829), p. 348f): σῴζειν τινα εἰς etc. to save by translating into etc. 2 Tim 4:18 (see σῴζω, b. under the end); διασώζειν, 1 Pet 3:20 (the Sept. Gen 19:19, and often in Greek writings); μισθουσθαι ἐργάτας εἰς τήν ἀμπελῶνα, to go into etc. Mt 20:1; ἐλευθερουν εἰς etc. Rom 8:21; ἀποδιδόναι τινα εἰς Αἴγυπτον, Acts 7:9; ἔνοχος εἰς γηνναν, to depart into etc. (cf. Buttmann, 170 (148) note), Mt 5:22; κλαν εἰς τινας, to break and distribute among etc. Mk 8:19; ἀσφαλίζεσθαι εἰς τό ξύλον, Acts 16:24; κτᾶσθαι χρυσόν εἰς τάς ζώνας, Mt 10:9; ἐντετυλιγμένον εἰς ἕνα τόπον, rolled up and laid away in etc. Jn 20:7.
2. Akin to this is the very common use of εἰς after verbs signifying rest or continuance in a place, because the idea of a previous motion into the place spoken of is involved (cf. Winers Grammar, § 50, 4b.; Buttmann, 332f (286f); Kühner, ii., p. 317; (Jelf, § 646, 1); Bernhardy (1829), p. 215; (yet cf. also examples in Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word εἰς, 1)): ὑρεθη εἰς Ἄζωτον, namely, transferred or carried off to, Acts 8:40, cf. Acts 8:39 πνεῦμα κυρίου ἥρπασε τόν Φίλιππον (Est 1:5, τοῖς ἔθνεσι τοῖς εὑρεθεῖσιν εἰς τό πόλιν; so φανεῖσθαι is followed by εἰς in 2 Macc. 1:33 2Macc. 7:22). δεῖ με τήν ἑορτήν ποιῆσαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, namely, by going, Acts 18:21 Rec.; likewise ἑτοίμως ἔχω ἀποθανεῖν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, Acts 21:13 (ἡφαιστιων εἰς Ἐκβάτανα ἀπέθανε, Aelian v. h. 7, 8); συνέβαλεν ἡμῖν εἰς Ασσον, Acts 20:14; ἡ μελλουσα δόξα εἰς ἡμᾶς ἀποκαλυφθῆναι, which shall be revealed (and conferred) on us, Rom 8:18.κατοικεῖν εἰς πόλιν, εἰς γῆν, to come into a city and dwell there, Mt 2:23; Mt 4:13; Acts 7:4 (cf. Num 35:33; 2 Chr 19:4 etc.); also παροικεῖν, Heb 11:9 (ἐνοικεῖν, Xenophon, an. 1, 2, 24); στῆναι, ἑστηκεναι (because it is nearly equivalent to to have placed oneself) εἰς τί, Lk 6:8; Jn 20:19, Jn 20:26; 1 Pet 5:12; καθῆσθαι, to have gone unto a place and to be sitting there, Mk 13:3; 2 Thess 2:4 (on this use of these two verbs in Greek authors cf. Matthiae, ii., p. 1344f; (cf. Winers Grammar, and Buttmann, as above)). εἶναι εἰς with the accusative of place see εἰμί, V. 2 a.; οἱ εἰς τόν οἶκον μου namely, ὄντες, Lk 9:61; τοῖς εἰς μακράν namely, οὖσι (German ins Ferne hin befindlich), Acts 2:39. συνάγεσθαι followed by εἰς with the accusative of place: to go to a place and assemble there, Mt 26:3 and Acts 4:5 R T, (1 Esdr. 5:46 (1 Esdr 5:47>); 1 Esdr 9:3>). Sometimes a word implying motion, occurring in the same sentence, seems to have occasioned the connection of a verb of rest with εἰς, as it were by a kind of attraction (Buttmann, as above): ἐξερχόμενος ηὐλίζετο εἰς τό ὄρος, Lk 21:37; ἀκούσας... ὄντα σιτία εἰς Αἴγυπτον (Rec. σῖτα ἐν Αἴγυπτον.) ἐξαπέστειλεν etc. Acts 7:12; παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια καί εἰς συναγωγάς δααρησεσθε, Mk 13:9 (Winers Grammar, 416 (387), Buttmann, 333 (287)); ὕπαγε, νίψαι (but L brackets) εἰς τήν κολυμβήθραν, Jn 9:7, although νίπτεσθαι εἰς τί can also be used (as λούεσθαι εἰς τό βαλανεῖον, Alciphron, epistles 3, 43; εἰς λουτρωνας, Athen. 10, p. 438 e.; λούειν τινα εἰς σκάφην, Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 71), since the water with which one bathes flows down into the pool. Cf. Beyer, De praepositt. εἰς; et ἐν in N. T. permutatione. Lipsius 1824, 4to.
D. Adverbial phrases (cf. Matthiae, § 578 d.): εἰς τέλος (see τέλος 1 a.); εἰς τό πάλιν, see A. II 2 above; εἰς τό παντελές, perfectly, utterly, Lk 13:11 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 51, 1 c.); εἰς κενόν (see κενός, 3); εἰς ὑπάντησιν and εἰς ἀπάντησιν, see each substantive. In composition εἰς is equivalent to the Latinin andad.