To enter
εἴσειμιStrong’s G1524eiseimi
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eiseimi is the Greek word usually translated “enter”, “was going in” and “was entering”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.”
Meaning
Usually translated “enter”, “was going in” and “was entering”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to enter 1
- was going in 1
- was entering 1
- enter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Hebrews 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 21:18And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
- Acts 21:26Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
- Hebrews 9:6Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
Greek dictionary
εἴσειμι eiseimi · to enter
εἴσ-ειμι [in LXX for בּוֹא ;] to go in, enter: before εἰς, Act.3:3 21:26, Heb.9:6; πρὸς Ἰάκωβον, Act.21:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “enter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EN'TER, verb transitive
[Latin inter, intra, whence intro, to enter The Latin inter seems to be in, with the termination ter, as in subter, from sub.]
- To move or pass into place, in any manner whatever; to come or go in; to walk or ride in; to flow in; to pierce or penetrate.
- To advance into, in the progress of life; as, a youth has entered his tenth year.
- To begin in a business, employment or service; to enlist or engage in; as, the soldier entered the service at eighteen years of age.
- To become a member of; as, to enter college; to enter a society.
All definitions and other forms of “enter”
- To admit or introduce; as, the youth was entered a member of College.
- To set down in writing; to set an account in a book or register; as, the clerk entered the account or charge in the journal; he entered debt and credit at the time.
- To set down, as a name; to enroll; as, to enter a name in the enlistment.
- To lodge a manifest of goods at the custom-house, and gain admittance or permission to land; as, to enter goods.
EN'TER, verb intransitive
To go or come in; to pass into; as, to enter a country.
- To flow in; as, water enters into a ship.
- To pierce; to penetrate; as, a ball or an arrow enters into the body.
- To penetrate mentally; as, to enter into the principles of action.
- To engage in; as, to enter into business or service; to enter into visionary projects.
- To be initiated in; as, to enter into a taste of pleasure or magnificence.
- To be an ingredient; to form a constituent part.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.