eispherō (to bring in)

Meaning

Usually translated “may bring in”, “may you lead” and “bring in”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

they may bring in 2
may you lead 1
to bring in 1
lead 1
you are bringing 1
we brought 1
is brought 1

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

Where it's used most

Luke 4
Matthew 1
Acts 1
1 Timothy 1
Hebrews 1

5 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Luke 5:18And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
Luke 5:19And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Luke 12:11And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
Acts 17:20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

All 8 verses, by book

Matthew 1: 6:13
Luke 4: 5:18 5:19 11:4 12:11
Acts 1: 17:20
1 Timothy 1: 6:7
Hebrews 1: 13:11

Greek dictionary

εἰσφέρω eispherō · to bring in

εἰσ-φέρω [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא hi. ;] to bring in, into: with accusative of person(s), Luk.5:18-19; before εἰς, Mat.6:13, Luk.11:4; ἐπί, Luk.12:11; with accusative of thing(s), before εἰς, 1Ti.6:7; pass., Heb.13:11.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “lead” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LEAD, noun

led.

A metal of a dull white color, with a cast of blue.
A plummet or mass of lead used in sounding at sea.
Leads, a flat roof covered with lead

All definitions and other forms of “lead”

LEAD, verb transitive

led. To cover with lead; to fit with lead

LEAD, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive led.

To guide by the hand; as, to lead a child.
To guide or conduct by showing the way; to direct; as, the Israelites were led by a pillar of a cloud by day, and by a pillar of fire by night.
To conduct to any place.“He leadeth me beside the still waters” Psalms 23:2
To conduct, as a chief or commander, implying authority; to direct and govern; as, a general leads his troops to battle and to victory.
To precede; to introduce by going first.
To guide; to show the method of attaining an object.
To draw; to entice; to allure.
To induce; to prevail on; to influence.
To pass; to spend, that is, to draw out; as, to lead a life of gayety, or a solitary life.“That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty” 1 Timothy 2:2

LEAD, verb intransitive

To go before and show the way.“I will lead on softly” Genesis 33:14
To conduct, as a chief or commander.
To draw; to have a tendency to.
To exercise dominion.

LEAD, noun

Precedence; a going before; guidance. Let the general take the lead [A colloquial word in reputable use.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.