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To enter

ἐπεισέρχομαιStrong’s G6036

epeiserchomai

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Epeiserchomai is the Greek word usually translated “it will enter”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.”
Luke 21:35 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • it will enter 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἐπεισέρχομαι epeiserchomai · to enter

    ἐπ-εισ-έρχομαι [in LXX: 1Ma.16:16 (with dative) * ;] to come in upon: before ἐπί Luk.21:35.† (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.]

    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.