eisporeuō (to enter)

Meaning

Usually translated “entering”, “entering in” and “go”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

entering 6
entering in 3
they go 1
enters in 1
he was entering 1
it enters 1
they enter 1
he enters 1

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

Where it's used most

Mark 8
Luke 5
Acts 4
Matthew 1

4 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Mark 1:21And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Mark 4:19And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Mark 5:40And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
Mark 6:56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Mark 7:15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Mark 7:18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

All 18 verses, by book

Matthew 1: 15:17
Mark 8: 1:21 4:19 5:40 6:56 7:15 7:18 7:19 11:2
Luke 5: 8:16 11:33 18:24 19:30 22:10
Acts 4: 3:2 8:3 9:28 28:30

Greek dictionary

εἰσπορεύω eisporeuō · to enter

εἰσ-πορεύομαι [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא ;] to go into, enter: Luk.8:16 11:33 19:30; before εἰς, Mrk.1:21 6:56 11:2, Luk.22:10, Act.3:2; πρός, with accusative of person(s), Act.28:30; ὅπου, Mrk.5:40; κατά τ. οἴκους, house after house, Act.8:3; of things (food), Mat.15:17, Mrk.7:15, 18-19 Metaphorical (cf. εἰοέρχομαι, 2), Mrk.4:19, Luk.18:24; εἰσ. καὶ ἐκπορ., to associate with, before μετά (cf. εἰσέρχομαι), Act.9:28.† (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.