verb
eiseiamō
Strong’sG1524
I go in, enter
stem eisei-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
εἴσ-ειμι
[in LXX for בּוֹא;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1524 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidice'-i-mee
to enter
Fromfrom G1519 and εἶμι (to go);
King Jamesenter (go) into.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
infinitive -ιέναι, serving as future to εἰσέρχομαι: imperfect εἰσῄειν:— enter, go into, οὐδ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι I will not come before Achilles' eyes, Refs 8th c.BC+; πρός τινα Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐσιέναι ἐς σπονδάς enter into a treaty, Refs 5th c.BC+ the ensuing month, Refs 5th c.BC+
II of the Chorus or actors, come upon the stage, enter, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ τοὺς τυράννους..εἰσιέναι take the part of king, Refs 4th c.BC+
III of public speakers, come into the assembly, εἰς ἀγοράν Refs 5th c.BC+; of judges, come into court, εἰ. κρινοῦντες Refs 4th c.BC+
III.2 of the parties to a lawsuit, come before the court, εἰς ὑμᾶς Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 of the charges or actions, ἡ δίκη εἰσῄει Refs 4th c.BC+; δίκας εἰσιέναι κατά τινος enter upon actions, Refs 4th c.BC+
III.4 enter on an office, εἰς ἀρχήν Refs 4th c.BC+; ὁ ἐσιών the new king, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV metaphorically, come into one's mind, Ἀστυάγεα ἀνάγνωσις ἐσήιε Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.2 impersonal, εἰσῄει αὐτοὺς ὅπως ἂν.. they began to think how they might.., Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, οὐδενὸς εἰσῄει μοι φθονεῖν Refs 4th c.BC+
V rarely of things, τὰ εἰσιόντα what enters into one, food, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| eiseialōεἰσίασιν | happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural | go | 1× |
| eiseiateεἰσῄει | was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular | went | 2× |
| eiseiarōεἰσιέναι | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | go | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eiseiamō | eiseiame | eiseiami | eiseiama | eiseiamē | eiseiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eiseiasō | eiseiase | eiseiasi | eiseiasa | eiseiasē | eiseiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiseiatō | eiseiate2×εἰσῄει | eiseiati | eiseiata | eiseiatē | eiseiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | eiseianō | eiseiane | eiseiani | eiseiana | eiseianē | eiseianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiseiavō | eiseiave | eiseiavi | eiseiava | eiseiavē | eiseiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eiseialō1×εἰσίασιν | eiseiale | eiseiali | eiseiala | eiseialē | eiseialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eiseiameiō | eiseiameia | eiseiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eiseiaseiō | eiseiaseia | eiseiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiseiateiō | eiseiateia | eiseiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | eiseianeiō | eiseianeia | eiseianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiseiaveiō | eiseiaveia | eiseiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eiseialeiō | eiseialeia | eiseialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eiseiasōr | eiseiasar | eiseiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiseiatōr | eiseiatar | eiseiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiseiavōr | eiseiavar | eiseiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eiseialōr | eiseialar | eiseialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eiseiamoiō | eiseiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | eiseiasoiō | eiseiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eiseiatoiō | eiseiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | eiseianoiō | eiseianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eiseiavoiō | eiseiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | eiseialoiō | eiseialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eiseiarō1×εἰσιέναι | eiseiari | eiseiara | eiseiarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eiseiarōntos | eiseiarintos | eiseiarantos | eiseiarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
eisei is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
eiseialō“go”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Hebrews 9:6“go”… men tan prōtan skēnan dia pantou eiseialō tois hierevois tain latreiain epitelarōntois,… this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to …
eiseiate“went”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Acts 21:18ta de epeiarōnta eiseiate tos Paulos sun ni pros Iakōbon, …The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and …
Acts 21:26“went”… ta echorōnta hēmera sun autoi hagnizirantos eiseiate eis tem hierem, diangelarōntos tan ekplērōsian …So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when …
eiseiarō“go”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Acts 3:3“go”hos horarantos Petron kai Iōannon mellarōntoin eiseiarō eis tem hierem erōtate eleēmosunan labara.When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for …