εἰσπηδάω

εἰστρέχω eistréchō · G1532 · to run in, to run into

εἰστρέχω shares the core semantic components of rapid movement into a space with εἰσπηδάω. Both denote entering swiftly, though εἰσπηδάω may emphasize more of a leaping or springing action while εἰστρέχω emphasizes running.

ὁρμάω hormáō · G3729 · to rush, to run

ὁρμάω conveys violent or impetuous rushing motion, semantically overlapping with εἰσπηδάω's sense of sudden, forceful movement, though ὁρμάω does not inherently specify directionality (in/out) as εἰσπηδάω does.

פָּרַץ pârats · H6555 · to burst, to break, to breach

The Hebrew verb פָּרַץ conveys sudden, forceful movement into or through a space, often rendered 'to break out/through' or 'to burst in,' making it a strong translation equivalent for εἰσπηδάω's sense of rushing in suddenly.

To run into, to rush into15.237

In Acts 16:29, the jailer, trembling with fear, rushed in and fell down before Paul and Silas, this verb naming a hurried, forceful movement into a place.

To leap up, to jump up15.241

In Mark 10:50, blind Bartimaeus threw off his cloak and, having risen up, came to Jesus, this closely related sense naming a sudden upward or forward bodily movement rather than movement into an enclosed space.

To run out, to rush out15.236

In Acts 14:14, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, on hearing what the crowd intended, rushed out into the crowd crying out against it, this sense naming a hurried movement outward rather than inward.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.