Quick Definition
I leap into, rush into
Strong's Definition
to rush in
Derivation: from G1519 (εἰς) and (to leap);
KJV Usage: run (spring) in
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εἰσπηδάω ἐισπηδω: 1 aorist ἐισεπήδησα; to spring in: εἰς τόν ὄχλον, Act_14:14 Rec. (see ἐκπηδάω); to rush in impetuously, Act_16:29. (Xenophon, Dem, others; the Sept. Amo_5:19.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εἰσπηδάω eispēdaō 1x
to leap or spring in, rush in eagerly, Act_16:29
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εἰσ -πηδάω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX : Amo_5:19 ( H935 ), Da TH Sus 1:26 * ;]
to spring in, rush in: Act_14:14 ( Rec. ), Act_16:29 (for exx . from Papyri, v. MM , Exp., xii).†
ἐκ -πηδάω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX : Deu_33:22 ( H2187 ), etc.;]
to spring forth: εἰς τ . ὄχλον ( cf. Ju 14:17), Act_14:14 (for ex . in Papyri, v . MM , Exp., xii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εἰσπηδάω [page 188]
This strong verb, which is found in the NT only in Act_16:29 , may be illustrated by P Oxy I. 37 i. 16 (A.D. 49) (= Selections , p. 50) εἰσεπήδησεν εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἡμετέρου [ο ]ἰκίαν καὶ τὸ σωμάτιον ἀφήρπασεν , burst into my client s house and carried off the foundling, ib. VIII. 1120 .14 (early iii/A.D.) εἰσεπήδησεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μου καὶ ἐτόλμησεν ἀποσπάσαι δούλην μου , and P Tebt II. 304 .10 (A.D. 167 8) μετὰ ξύλων ἰσπηδῆσαι , rush in with staves. See also Syll 190 .9 (B.C. 306 281) εἰσ ]πηδήσαντας νύκτωρ ἐπ᾽ ἀδικίαι [καὶ ] ἀσεβείαι τοῦ ἱεροῦ . A new literary citation ( Menandrea , p. 54 .219 ) shows a close parallel to the absolute use in Act_16:29 , and well illustrates the violent connotation of the verb οὑτοσὶ μελαγχολᾷ . εἰσπεπήδηκεν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
εἰσπηδάω fut. -πηδήσομαι "to leap into", c. acc., Hdt. ; εἰς τόπον Xen. "to burst in upon", πρός τινα Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
εἰσ-πηδάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Amo.5:19 (בּוֹא), Da TH Sus 1:26* ;]
to spring in, rush in: Act.14:14 (Rec.), Act.16:29 (for exx. from π., see MM, Exp., xii).†
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