verb
eisporeuomō
Strong’sG1531
I journey into, go into
stem eisporeu-18 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books9 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Go into, enter 1234. Used of people entering a place — a house, a town, or a location such as a temple or someone's presence 13. Also used of moving from house to house, entering one after another 1; and of a person coming in to be with someone else 13.
Also used of things going into a person, specifically of food entering someone by being eaten 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
εἰσ-πορεύομαι
[in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1531 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
lead in, οἴκαδε Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, go into, enter, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς τὸ ἄδυτον Refs 3rd c.BC+; πρός τινα NT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| eisporeuotōεἰσπορεύεται | happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | go | 3× |
| eisporeuolōεἰσπορεύονται | happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural | went | 2× |
| eisporeuoteεἰσεπορεύετο | was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | went | 1× |
| eisporeuorōntosεἰσπορευόμενος | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine | coming | 2× |
| eisporeuorōntemεἰσπορευόμενον | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle direct singular neuter | goes | 3× |
| eisporeuorōntoisεἰσπορευόμενοι | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine | enter | 4× |
| eisporeuorōntaisεἰσπορευόμεναι | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural feminine | enter in | 1× |
| eisporeuorōntoinεἰσπορευομένους | happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative plural masculine | came | 1× |
| eisporeuorōntoiuεἰσπορευομένων | happening now · of, belonging topresent middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine | going | 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 6 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eisporeuomō | eisporeuome | eisporeuomē | eisporeuomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eisporeuosō | eisporeuose | eisporeuosē | eisporeuoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisporeuotō3×εἰσπορεύεται | eisporeuote1×εἰσεπορεύετο | eisporeuotē | eisporeuotelē |
| we 1st person plural | eisporeuonō | eisporeuone | eisporeuonē | eisporeuonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisporeuovō | eisporeuove | eisporeuovē | eisporeuovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eisporeuolō2×εἰσπορεύονται | eisporeuole | eisporeuolē | eisporeuolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eisporeuomeiō | eisporeuomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eisporeuoseiō | eisporeuoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisporeuoteiō | eisporeuoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | eisporeuoneiō | eisporeuoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisporeuoveiō | eisporeuoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eisporeuoleiō | eisporeuoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eisporeuosōr | eisporeuosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisporeuotōr | eisporeuotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisporeuovōr | eisporeuovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eisporeuolōr | eisporeuolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eisporeuomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | eisporeuosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisporeuotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | eisporeuonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisporeuovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | eisporeuoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | eisporeuorō | eisporeuorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 12 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | eisporeuorōntos12×εἰσπορευόμενος | eisporeuorēntos |
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
eisporeu 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.
18 occurrences, every one of them listed
eisporeuotō“go”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular3×
Mark 5:40… mētēran kai toin meta autou, kai eisporeuotō hopou ate tem paidiem;… mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.
Mark 7:19“go”hoti ouk eisporeuotō autou eis tan kardian alla eis …because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach …
Luke 22:10… auto eis tan oikian eis han eisporeuotō.… Follow him to the house he enters,
eisporeuolō“went”happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural2×
Mark 1:21Kai eisporeuolō eis Kafarnaoum. kai euthuos tei sabbatei …Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus …
Luke 18:24… echarōntois eis tan basileian tou theou eisporeuolō;… it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
eisporeuote“went”was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Mark 6:56kai hopou an eisporeuote eis kōmain ē eis polain ē …And wherever He went — villages and towns and countrysides — they …
eisporeuorōntos“coming”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine2×
Acts 8:3“entering”… lumanote tan ekklēsan kata toin oikoin eisporeuorōntos, surarōntos tē androin kai gunaikain paradōate …… to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in …
Acts 9:28“coming”kai ate meta autoiu eisporeuorōntos kai ekporeuorōntos eis Ierousalēm, parrēsiazorōntos en …So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name …
eisporeuorōntem“goes”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle direct singular neuter3×
Matthew 15:17“goes”ouk noavō hoti pantem tem eisporeuorōntem eis tem stomem eis tan koilian …“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then …
Mark 7:15“going”oudenem atō exōthen tou anthrōpou eisporeuorōntem eis auton hem dunotō koinara auton; …Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
Mark 7:18“goes”… ouk noavō hoti pantem tem exōthen eisporeuorōntem eis ton anthrōpon ouk dunotō auton …… Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
eisporeuorōntois“enter”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine4×
Mark 11:2… kōman tan katenanti vu, kai euthuos eisporeuorōntois eis autan heuriskavi pōlon dorēnton epi …… you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt …
Luke 8:16“come in”… alla epi luchnau tithatō, hina tois eisporeuorōntois blepaleiō tem fōtem.… sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
Luke 11:33“come in”… alla epi tan luchnan, hina tois eisporeuorōntois tem fengem blepaleiō.… sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
Luke 19:30… eis tan katenanti kōman, en ha eisporeuorōntois heuriskavi pōlon dorēnton, epi hon oudenos …… ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt …
eisporeuorōntais“enter in”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural feminine1×
Mark 4:19“enter in”… kai tais peri teim loipeim epithumiais eisporeuorōntais sumpnigalō ton logon, kai akarpos genotō.… the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
eisporeuorōntoin“came”happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative plural masculine1×
Acts 28:30… idie misthōme, kai apodechote pantoin toin eisporeuorōntoin pros auton,… own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
eisporeuorōntoiu“going”happening now · of, belonging topresent middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine1×
Acts 3:2“going”… Hōraian teu aitarō eleēmosunan para toiu eisporeuorōntoiu eis tem hierem,… to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the …