εἰσπορεύω

εἰσπορεύομαι — eisporeúomai

εἰσπορεύομαι (passive of εἰσπορεύω to lead into, Euripides, El. 1285); imperfect εἰσεπορευόμην (Mar 6:56); to go into, enter;

1. properly,

a. of persons: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Mar 1:21; Mar 6:56; Mar 11:2; Act 3:2; ὅπου, Mar 5:40; οὗ, Luk 22:10 (R G, cf. Buttmann, 71 (62); Winer's Grammar, § 54, 7); without specification of place where that is evident from the context, Luk 8:16; Luk 11:33; Luk 19:30; κατά τούς οἴκους, to enter house after house (A. V. every house, see κατά, II. 3 a. α.), Act 8:3; πρός τινα, to visit one at his dwelling, Act 28:30; εἰσπορεύεσθαι καί ἐκπορεύεσθαι μετά τίνος, to associate with one, Act 9:28 (ἐνώπιον τίνος, Tob 5:18; see εἰσέρχομαι, 1 a.).

b. when used of things it is, equivalent to to be carried into or put into: so of food, which is put into the mouth, Mar 7:15; Mar 7:18, (19); Mat 15:17 (see εἰσέρχομαι, 1 d.).

2. metaphorically: (εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luk 18:24 T Tr text WH; see βασιλεία, 3, p. 97{b}); of affections entering the soul, Mar 4:19; see εἰσέρχομαι, 2 b. (Of the earlier Greek writings Xenophon, alone uses this verb, Cyril 2, 3, 21; the Sept. often for בּוא.)