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To enter

εἰσέρχομαιStrong’s G1525

eiserchomai

Appears in 184 verses of the New Testament

In short

Eiserchomai is the Greek word usually translated “having entered”, “enter” and “entered”. It appears in 184 verses of the New Testament.

“And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.”
Matthew 2:21 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having entered”, “enter” and “entered”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having entered 24
  • to enter 23
  • he entered 16
  • entered 15
  • entering 10
  • you may enter 7
  • do enter 5
  • shall you enter 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 47
  • Acts 34
  • Matthew 33
  • Mark 30
  • Hebrews 15
  • John 14

10 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 184 verses, by book
Romans 2
5:1211:25
1 Corinthians 2
14:2314:24
James 2
2:25:4
Greek dictionary

εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai · to enter

εἰσ-έρχομαι, [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא ;] to go in or into, enter: Mat.9:25, Luk.7:45, al.; before εἰς, Mat.10:12, Mrk.2:1, al.; before διά (πύλης, θύρας, etc.), Mat.7:13, Jhn.10:1, al.; ὑπὸ τ. στέγην, Mat.8:8; with adv.: ὅπου, Mrk.14:14, Heb.6:20; ὧδε, Mat.22:12; ἔσω, Mat.26:58; before πρός, with accusative of person(s), Mrk.15:43, Luk.1:28, Act.10:3 11:3 16:40 17:2 28:8, Rev.3:20; of demons taking possession, Mrk.9:25, Luk.8:30 22:3, Jhn.13:27; of food, Mat.15:11, Act.11:8. Metaphorical, of thoughts, Luk.9:46; εἰς κόπον, Jhn.4:38; εἰς πειρασμόν, Mat.26:41, Luk.22:40, 46; of hope as an anch …

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.]

  1. 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.
  2. To advance into, in the progress of life; as, a youth has entered his tenth year.
  3. To begin in a business, employment or service; to enlist or engage in; as, the soldier entered the service at eighteen years of age.
  4. To become a member of; as, to enter college; to enter a society.
All definitions and other forms of “enter”
  1. To admit or introduce; as, the youth was entered a member of College.
  2. 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.
  3. To set down, as a name; to enroll; as, to enter a name in the enlistment.
  4. 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.

  1. To flow in; as, water enters into a ship.
  2. To pierce; to penetrate; as, a ball or an arrow enters into the body.
  3. To penetrate mentally; as, to enter into the principles of action.
  4. To engage in; as, to enter into business or service; to enter into visionary projects.
  5. To be initiated in; as, to enter into a taste of pleasure or magnificence.
  6. 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.