Quick Definition
εἰσέρχομαι v. I go in, come in, enter
Strong's Definition
from 1519 and 2064; to enter (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: X arise, come (in, into), enter in(-to), go in (through)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. εἰσελεύσομαι · aor. εἰσῆλθον · pf. εἰσελήλυθα | έρχομαι
15.93 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Into
to move into, to come into, to go into, to enter to move into a space, either two-dimensional or three-dimensional εἰσέρχομαι[a] is also used in the NT in speaking of the entrance of demons or Satan into animate beings, for example, λέγοντες, Πέμψον ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, ἵνα εἰς αὐτοὺς εἰσέλθωμεν saying, Send us into the swine so we may enter them MRK 5:12. In a number of languages one cannot speak of such supernatural beings ‘entering’ an object. It may be necessary to use such expressions as ‘to grab’ or ‘to control’ or ‘to command.’
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13.110 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to happen, to come into to happen, with the focus upon the initial aspect In some languages it may be impossible to speak of ‘sin coming’ (ROM 5:12), and therefore one may have to restructure the relationships, for example, ‘people began to sin.’
68.7 · Aspect · Begin, Start
to begin, to commence to begin, with the focus upon the initial stages of an activity In the first clause of LUK 9:46, it is clear that the event is to be found in the noun διαλογισμός, while the verb εἰσῆλθεν merely contributes an aspect of the event.
90.70 · Case · Experiencer
to begin to experience, to come into an experience, to attain to begin to experience an event or state
MAT 5:20 · MAT 7:13 · MAT 7:13 · MAT 7:21 · MAT 18:3 · MAT 18:8 · MAT 18:9 · MAT 19:17 · MAT 19:23 · MAT 19:24 · MAT 23:13 · MAT 23:13 · MAT 23:13 · MAT 25:21 · MAT 25:23 · MAT 26:41 · MRK 9:43 · MRK 9:45 · MRK 9:47 · MRK 10:15 · MRK 10:23 · MRK 10:24 · MRK 10:25 · LUK 11:52 · LUK 11:52 · LUK 13:24 · LUK 13:24 · LUK 18:17 · LUK 18:25 · LUK 18:25 · LUK 22:40 · LUK 22:46 · LUK 24:26 · JHN 3:5 · JHN 4:38 · ACT 14:22
41.24 · Behavior and Related States · Behavior, Conduct
Collocation: εἰσέρχομαι καὶ ἐξέρχομαι
to live with, to live among (idiom, literally: to go in and to go out) to live or to conduct oneself in relationship to some community or group The semantic focus of this idiom in ACT 1:21 appears to be the manner in which a person conducts himself in relationship to others, but it is possible to imply a certain amount of movement. For example, in ACT 1:21, it is possible to translate ‘during the whole time the Lord Jesus travelled about with us.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εἰσ-έρχομαι ; fut. εἰσελεύσομαι ; 2 aor. εἰσῆλθον, 2 pers. plur. εἰσήλθατε (Lk. xi. 52, but Rec. -@ere), impy. εἰσέλθατε (Mt. vii. 13 but R ἃ -θετε, [3d pers. sing. -θάτω Mk. xiii. 15, R G -θέτω]) ; see ἀπέρχομαι, init. ; pi. εἰσελήλυθα, 3 pers. plur. εἰσελήλυθαν (Jas. v. 4, for RG εἰσεληλύθασιν, see γίνομαι, init.); Sept. mostly for 8)3; to go or come into or in; to enter; 1. prop., of men and of animals: foll. by eis with specification of the place (cf. Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. ii. p. 12 sq-), as into a house, into a city, Mt. viii. 5; x. 12; Mk. ii. 1; xi. 11; Acts xxiii. 16, 33, and often. without specification of place, —when mention of it has already been made, as Mt. ix. 25; [Mk. vii. 25 Tdf.]; Lk. vii. 45; xiv. 23; xv. 28 ef. 25; xxiv.3; Actsi. 13; v. 7,10; x. 25; 1 Co. xiv. 23 sq. ; or it can be easily supplied from the context, as Lk. xiii. 24; xvii. 7; εἰς is also added to signify among: Acts xix. 30; xx. 29; εἰσέρχ. δεά τινος, to enter (a place) through something: διὰ τῆς πύλης, to enter the kingdom of God (compared to a palace) through the gate, Mt. vii. 13; Lk. xiii. 24; διὰ τῆς θύρας eis τ. αὐλήν, Jn. x. 1 sq.; add, Mt. xix. 24 GT Tr txt. WH txt.; [Mk. x. 25 R
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai 194x
to go or come in, enter, Mt. 7:13; 8:5, 8; spc. to enter by force, break in, Mk. 3:27; Acts 20:29; met. with εἰς κόσμον, to begin to exist, come into existence, Rom. 5:12; 2 Jn. 7; or, to make one’s appearance on earth, Heb. 10:5; to enter into or take possession of, Lk. 22:3; Jn. 13:27; to enter into, enjoy, partake of, Mt. 19:23, 24; to enter into any one’s labor, be his successor, Jn. 4:38; to fall into, be placed in certain circumstances, Mt. 26:41; to be put into, Mt. 15:11; Acts 11:8; to present one’s self before, Acts 19:30; met. to arise, spring up, Lk. 9:46; from the Hebrew, εἰσέρχεσθαι καὶ ἐξέρχεσθαι, to go in and out, to live, discharge the ordinary functions of life, Acts 1:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εἰσ-έρχομαι,
[in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא ;]
to go in or into, enter: Mt 9:25, Lk 7:45, al.; seq. εἰς, Mt 10:12, Mk 2:1, al.; seq. διά (πύλης, θύρας, etc.), Mt 7:13, Jo 10:1, al.; ὑπὸ τ. στέγην, Mt 8:8; c. adv.: ὅπου, Mk 14:14, He 6:20; ὧδε, Mt 22:12; ἔσω, Mt 26:58; seq. πρός, c acc. pers., Mk 15:43, Lk 1:28, Ac 10:3 11:3 16:40 17:2 28:8, Re 3:20; of demons taking possession, Mk 9:25, Lk 8:30 22:3, Jo 13:27; of food, Mt 15:11, Ac 11:8. Metaph., of thoughts, Lk 9:46; εἰς κόπον, Jo 4:38; εἰς πειρασμόν, Mt 26:41, Lk 22:40, 46; of hope as an anchor, He 6:19; βοαί, Ja 5:4; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Re 11:11; εἰς τ. κόσμον (cf. Wi 2:24 14:14, Jo 18:37), Ro 5:12, He 10:5; in counterparts of Jewish Aram. phrases relating to the theocracy (cf. Dalman, Words, 116ff.): εἰς τ. γάμους, Mt 25:10; εἰς τ. χάραν τ. κυρίου, Mt 25:21, 23; εἰς τ. ζωήν, Mt 18:8, 9 19:17, Mk 9:43, 45; εἰς τ. βασιλ. τ. οὐρανῶν, Mt 5:20 7:21, al. (v.s. βασιλεία); εἰς τ. κατάπαυσιν, He 3:11, 18 4:1ff.; εἰς τ. δόξαν, Lk 24:26; εἰσ. καὶ ἐξερχ., to go in and out (like Heb. בֹוא וְצֵאת, De 28:6, etc.), of familiar intercourse, Ac 1:21; fig., of moral freedom, Jo 10:9 (cf. ἐπ-, παρ-, συν-εισέρχομαι).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εἰσέρχομαι. With the use of εἰσέρχομαι in Lk 177 we may compare P Eleph 138 (B.c. 223-2) οὔπω εἰσελήλυθεν ἐξ ἀγροῦ. For other examples of this common verb, cf. P Ryl 11. 151° (A.D. 40) εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὴν ὑ[πάρ]χοί(υσαν) ἐν τῇ κώμῃ οἰκ[ίαν, P Oxy ID. 237% 17 (a.p. 186) τὸν μείζονα ἀγῶνα e[i]oeXevoerat, ‘he shall enter upon the more serious lawδι (Edd.), and P Tebt 11. 4188 (iii/A.D.) καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἀδελφέ, [ἐϊὰν εἰσέρχῃ ἐνεγκὼν μετὰ σεαυτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκά μου, ἔγραψα [γ]ὰρ αὐτῇ σὺν σοὶ εἰσελθεῖν, “you will do well, brother, to come up and bring my wife with you, for I have written to her to come with you’’ (Edd.). See also P Leid W¥-4! (ii/iii A.D.) Κύριε... . εἴσελθε καὶ ἐπάκουσόν por. On the use of the mid. εἰσέλθοιτο for the active in Phrygian sepulchral inscrr. see W. M. Ramsay Exp T xxvi. p. 174.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai) — to enter. εἰσέρχομαι, future -ειεύσομαι: aorist -ήλῠθον, -ῆλθον: in Attic dialect, future is supplied by εἴσειμι, and imperfect by εἰσῄειν:— go in or into, enter, in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄλσος, δόμους, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰσῆλθ᾽ ἑκατόμβας invaded the hecatombs, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: but in Prose mostly with Preps., ἐς οἴκημα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς. ἐς τὰς σπονδάς come into the treaty, [Refs]; εἰς τὸν πόλεμον variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ. εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους enter the ranks of the Ephebi, [Refs]; also εἰ. πρός τινα enter his house, visit him, [Refs]; of a doctor, pay a visit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, of money, etc., come in, προσόδους εἰσελθούσας [Refs]
II. of the Chorus, actors, etc., come upon the stage, enter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; enter the lists, in a contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρός τινα in competition with.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. as law-term, of the accuser, come into court, εἰς ὑμᾶς (i.e. τοὺς δικαστάς) [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2. of the parties, with accusative, εἰ. τὴν γραφήν enter the charge, [Refs]; εἰ. λόγον κατά τινος argument Isoc.II).
III.3. of the accused, come before the court, δεῦρο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰσελθόντες δ᾽ ὡς ὑμᾶς is probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.4. of the cause, to be brought in, ποῖ οὖν δεῖ ταύτην εἰσελθεῖν τὴν δίκη; [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. enter on an office, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V. consult a table, εἰ. εἰς ὄργανον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VI. metaphorically, [μένος] ἄνδρας ἐσέρχεται courage enters into the men, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πείνη δ᾽ οὔ ποτε δῆμον ἐσέρχεται famine never enters the land, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with dative, εἰσῆλθε τοῖν τρὶς ἀθλίοιν ἔρις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.2. come into one's mind, Κροίσῳ ἐσελθεῖν τὸ τοῦ Σόλωνος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσελθεῖν τισὶ ἡδονήν, οἶκτον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.2. b impersonal, with infinitive, τὸν δὲ ἐσῆλθε θεῖον εἶναι τὸ πρῆγμα it came into his head that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]