Entry
εἴσοδοςStrong’s G1529eisodos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eisodos is the Greek word usually translated “coming”, “reception” and “entering”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Meaning
Usually translated “coming”, “reception” and “entering”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- coming 2
- reception 1
- entering 1
- entrance 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Thessalonians 2
- Acts 1
- Hebrews 1
- 2 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 13:24When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:1For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
- Hebrews 10:19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Greek dictionary
εἴσοδος eisodos · entry
εἴσ-οδος, -ου, ὁ (ὁδός) [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא ;] 1. a means of entering, place of entrance: Heb.10:19, 2Pe.1:11 (cf. Westc., He., l.with; MM, Exp., xii; but see infr.). 2. a going in, entrance: Act.13:24; with genitive loc., Heb.10:19 (Thayer, see word; but see supr.); before εἰς, 2Pe.1:11 (Mayor, in l.; Thayer; but see supr.); πρός, 2Th.1:9 2:1.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “entry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EN'TRY, noun
The passage by which persons enter a house or other building.
- The act of entering; entrance; ingress; as the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea or a lake; the entry of air into the blood; the entry of a spear into the flesh.
- The act of entering and taking possession of lands or other estate.
- The act of committing to writing, or of recording in a book.
- The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the custom house, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
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.