εἰσέρχομαι

εἰσέρχομαι — eisérchomai

εἰσέρχομαι future εἰσελεύσομαι; 2 aorist εἰσῆλθον, 2 person plural εἰσήλθατε (Luk 11:52, but Rec. εἰσήλθετε), imperative εἰσέλθατε (Mat 7:13 but R G εἰσέλθετε (3rd person singular ἐισεθάτω Mar 13:15, R G εἰσελθέτω)); see ἀπέρχομαι, at the beginning; perfect εἰσελήλυθα, 3 person plural ἐισεληλυθαν (Jas 5:4, for R G εἰσεληλύθασιν, see γίνομαι, at the beginning); the Sept. mostly for בּוא; to go or come into or in; to enter;

1. properly, of men and of animals: followed by εἰς with specification of the place (cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part ii., p. 12f), as into a house, into a city, Mat 8:5; Mat 10:12; Mar 2:1; Mar 11:11; Act 23:16; Act 23:33, and often. without specification of place — when mention of it has already been made, as Mat 9:25; (Mar 7:25 Tdf.); Luk 7:45; Luk 14:23; Luk 15:28, cf.; Act 1:13; Act 5:7; Act 5:10; Act 10:25; 1Co 14:23 f; or it can be easily supplied from the context, as Luk 13:24; Luk 17:7; εἰς is also added to signify among: Act 19:30; Act 20:29; ἐισέρχεσθαι διά τίνος, to enter (a place) through something: διά τῆς πύλης, to enter the kingdom of God (compared to a palace) through the gate, Mat 7:13; Luk 13:24; διά τῆς θύρας εἰς τήν αὐλήν, Joh 10:1 f; add, Mat 19:24 G T Tr text WH text; (Mar 10:25 Rst L marginal reading Tr marginal reading); Luk 18:25 R G T Tr text WH; ἐισέρχεσθαι ὑπό τήν στέγην, by entering to come under the roof, i. e. enter my house, Mat 8:8; with adverbs: ὅπου, Mar 14:14; Heb 6:20; ὧδε, Mat 22:12; ἔσω Mat 26:58; εἰς with the accusative of person, into one's house, Act 16:40, but on this passage see εἰς, A. I. 1 a. ἐισέρχεσθαι πρός τινα, to one, i. e. into his house, visit, Mar 15:43; Luk 1:28; Act 10:3; Act 11:3; Act 16:40 G L T Tr WH;; Rev 3:20; to an assembly of persons, Act 17:2. Moreover, the following deserve notice:

a. the phrase ἐισέρχεσθαι καί ἐξέρχεσθαι, to go in and out, (the Hebrew וְצֵאת בּוא or reversed וּבוא צֵאת, usually denotes one's whole mode of living and acting, Deu 28:6; 1Sa 29:6, etc.; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus i., p. 184f), is used of familiar contact with one: ἐν παντί χρόνῳ ᾧ εἰσῆλθε καί ἐξῆλθεν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς ὁ κύριος, equivalent to εἰσῆλθε ἐφ' ἡμᾶς καί. ἐξηλθεαφ' ἡμ. Act 1:21 (Euripides, Phoen. 536 ἐς οἴκους εἰσῆλθε καί ἐξηλθ' (Winers Grammar, 624f (580); but cf. Buttmann, 390 (334))); figuratively, of moral pursuits unimpeded by difficulties, Joh 10:9.

b. ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς is joined with nouns designating not a place, but what occurs in a place: εἰς τούς γάμους, Mat 25:10; εἰς τήν χαράν τοῦ κυρίου, 21, 23.

c. εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τινα is used of demons or of Satan taking possession of the body of a person: Mar 9:25; Luk 8:30; Luk 22:3; Joh 13:27.

d. of things: — as of food, that enters into the eater's mouth, Mat 15:11; Act 11:8; figuratively, hope is called ἄγκυρα ἐισερχομενη εἰς τό ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος, i. e. we firmly rely on the hope that we shall be received into heaven, Heb 6:19; cries of complaint are said ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς τά ὦτα τίνος, i. e. to be heard, Jas 5:4; of forces and influences: πνεῦμα ζωῆς εἰσῆλθεν ἐν αὐτοῖς (Tr omits; WH brackets ἐν; Rec. ἐπ' αὐτούς (Buttmann, 338 (291))), a pregnant construction, the breath of life entered into and remained in them, Rev 11:11 (Winers Grammar, § 50, 4; Buttmann, 329 (283)).

2. Metaphorically used,

a. of entrance into any condition, state of things, society, employment: εἰς τήν ζωήν, Mat 18:8; Mat 19:17; Mar 9:43; Mar 9:45; εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν or τοῦ Θεοῦ (see βασιλεία, 3, p. 97{b}): τούς εἰσερχομένους, that are trying to enter, or rather, that have taken the road to enter, are (engaged in) entering, Mat 23:13 (14); Luk 11:52; used absolutely of those who come into (i. e. become members of) the Christian church, Rom 11:25 (hence, in 1Co 5:12 f οἱ ἔσω and οἱ ἔξω are distinguished); εἰς τήν κατάπαυσιν, Heb 3:11; Heb 3:18; Hebrews 4:1, 3, 5f, 10f; εἰς τήν δόξαν, Luk 24:26; εἰς πειρασμόν, to come (i. e., fall) into temptation, Mat 26:41; Mar 14:38 (T WH ἔλθητε); Luk 22:40; Luk 22:46; εἰς τόν κόπον τίνος (see εἰς, B. I. 3), Joh 4:38. ἐισερχέσθεσθαι εἰς τόν κόσμον, to enter the world (cf. Winer's Grammar, 18), is α. equivalent to to arise, come into existence, begin to be (i. e., among men): used thus of sin and death, Rom 5:12; of death, Wis 2:24; Clement of Rome, 1Co 3:1-23; 1Co 4:1-21 [ET]; of idols, Wis 14:14. β. of men, to come into life: whether by birth, Antoninus 6, 56; or by divine creation, Philo, opif. mund. § 25. γ. to come before the public: 2Jn 1:7 (Rec.); to come to men, of Christ, Joh 18:37; εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τόν κόσμον, when he cometh into the world, i. e. when he was on the point of entering it, viz. at his incarnation, Heb 10:5.

b. of thoughts coming into the mind: εἰσῆλθε διαλογισμός ἐν αὐτοῖς, a pregnant construction, there came in and established itself within (others take ἐν outwardly: among (cf. διαλογέομαι at the end)) them, Luk 9:46 (cf. Winers Grammar, 413 (385)). The Greeks from Homer down use ἐισέρχεσθαι τινα of thoughts and feelings, as φόβος, μένος, πόθος, etc. (cf. Winer's Grammar, 427 (398). Compare: ἐπέρχομαι, παρέρχομαι, συνέρχομαι, εἰσέρχομαι.