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: Mt 8,23; 9,7, Mk 1,45, Łk 2,15; 8,31, al.; (b) of approach, to or towards: Mk 11,1, Łk 6,8; 19,28, J 11,31; 21,6, al.; (with) before pl. and collective nouns, among: Mk 4,7; 8,19.20, Łk 11,49, J 21,23, al.; (d) Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Mt 8,18; 21,1, Mk 11,1; 13,16, Łk 14,10, J 6,3; 11,32, al.; with accusative of person(s) (as in Ep. and Ion.), Dz 23,15, Rz 5,12; 16,19, 2 Kor 10,14; (e) elliptical: ἐπιστολαὶ εἰς Δαμασκόν, Dz 9,2 ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱ., Rz 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: Mt 6,26, Mk 6,41, Łk 9,16.62, J 13,22, al.; metaphorically, of the mind, Hbr 11,26; 12,2, al.; (b) after verbs of speaking: Mt 13,10; 14,9, 1 Tes 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.): Mt 2,23; 4,13, 2 Tes 2,4, 2 Tm 1,11, Hbr 11,9, al.; (b) by an assimilation general in late Gk (see Bl., M, Pr., ll. with) = ἐν: Łk 1,44; 4,23, Dz 20,16; 21,17, J 1,18 (but see Westc, in l.), al. II. Of time, for, unto; 1. accentuating the duration expressed by the accusative: εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Mt 21,19 εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ., Łk 1,50 εἰς τ. διηνεκές, Hbr 7,3, al. 2. Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until: Mt 6,34, Dz 4,3; 25,21, Flp 1,10; 2,16, 1 Tes 4,15, 2 Tm 1,12; of entrance into a future period, σεις τὸ μέλλον (see: μέλλω), next (year), Łk 13,9 (but with ICC, in l.); εἰς τ. μεταξὺ σάββατον, on the next Sabbath, Dz 13,42 εἰς τὸ πάλιν (see: πάλιν, 2 Kor 13,2 III. Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς, Ap 11,6 μετας-, Dz 2,20, Jk 4,9; μεταλλάσσειν, Rz 1,26 σχίζειν εἰς δύο, Mt 27,51, al.; predicatively with εἴναι, Dz 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.): Łk 7,30, Rz 4,20; 15,2.26, 1 Kor 16,1, Ef 3,16, al.; ἀγάπη εἰς, Rz 5,8, al.; χρηστός, Ef 4,32 φρονεῖν εἰς, Rz 12,16 θαρρεῖν, 2 Kor 10,1 V. Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς, Łk 14,34 σόφος, Rz 16,19 ἰσχύειν, Mt 5,13 εἰς τοῦτο, Mk 1,38, al.; ἀφορίζειν εἰς, Rz 1,1 indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον, Rz 8,15 εἰς ἔνδειξιν, Rz 3,25 εἰς τό, with inf. (= ἵνα or ὥστε; Bl., §71, 5; M, Pr., 218ff.): Mt 20,19, Rz 1,11, 1 Kor 9,18, al. VI. Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (see: τέλος, πάλιν, etc.). (AS)