εἰστρέχω
eistréchō · G1532 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to run in, to run into
To run in or run into
ExamplesActs 12:14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated in the clause 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἵστημιto stand, to set 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- εἰσπηδάω eispēdáō · G1530 · to run into, to rush into
- A distinct Greek verb meaning to rush or spring into (a place); both verbs denote rapid entry into a space, though εἰσπηδάω may emphasize a more sudden or violent entry while εἰστρέχω emphasizes the running aspect.
- εἰσέρχομαι eisérchomai · G1525 · to move into, to come into, to go into
- The standard Greek verb for entering; εἰστρέχω adds the nuance of haste or running to the basic entering action that εἰσέρχομαι expresses more neutrally.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἐξέρχομαι exérchomai · G1831 · to go out, to depart
- The standard verb for exiting or going out, the directional opposite of εἰστρέχω (hastening inward); the εἰς- prefix denotes motion into, while the ἐξ- prefix denotes motion out of.
In the other Testament 1 word
- רוּץ rûwts · H7323 · to run, to hurry, to race
- The basic Hebrew verb for running/hastening; εἰστρέχω is a directional compound (running inward) of the Greek running verb τρέχω, making רוּץ the standard translation equivalent for the core action of hastening/running.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Run15.232
- Acts 12:14 recounts that when Rhoda recognized Peter’s voice, “because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.”
Word family 16 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 2 aorist εἰσέδραμον; to run in: Acts 12:14. (Thucydides, Xenophon, others.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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