εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai
Greek word for “to enter” · Strong’s G1525 · used 194 times in 184 verses
Meaning
εἰσ-έρχομαι; to go in or into, enter:, al.;
How it is translated
Glosses given for eiserchomai in context, with how often each is used:
- entered 40
- having entered 24
- enter 24
- entering 12
- may enter 9
- do enter 5
- shall enter 5
- shall you enter 4
- when was entering 4
- go in 4
- has entered 4
- went in 3
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke | 50 | 2.6 | |
| Matthew | 36 | 2.0 | |
| Acts | 34 | 1.8 | |
| Mark | 30 | 2.7 | |
| Hebrews | 17 | 3.4 | |
| John | 15 | 1.0 | |
| Revelation | 5 | 0.5 | |
| James | 3 | 1.7 | |
| Romans | 2 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 2 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Hebrews 4 (6), Mark 9 (5), Luke 7 (5), Luke 8 (5), Mark 10 (4), Luke 9 (4), Luke 10 (4), Luke 22 (4), Acts 10 (4), Matthew 10 (3)
Forms
- εἰσῆλθεν 41
- εἰσελθεῖν 36
- εἰσελθὼν 18
- εἰσῆλθον 11
- εἰσέλθητε 10
- εἰσέλθῃ 9
- εἰσελεύσονται 5
- εἰσελθόντες 5
- εἴσελθε 4
- εἰσέλθῃς 4
Words used with it
Words that share verses with eiserchomai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- οἰκία oikia “home” 15
- βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 17
- ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 18
- οἶκος oikos “house” 15
- συναγωγή sunagōgē “synagogue” 12
- ἐάν ean “if” 16
- μετά meta “with/after” 17
- κατάπαυσις katapausis “rest” 7
- πόλις polis “city” 12
- ἤ ē “or” 14
- σύν sun “with” 11
- μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 11
Key verses
The verses using eiserchomai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them…
- Mark 9:43 — And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall…
- John 3:5 — Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
- Acts 1:13 — And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and…
- Acts 14:22 — Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
- Romans 11:25 — For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to…
- Hebrews 9:12 — Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
- Hebrews 9:24 — For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God…
- James 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are…
- Revelation 21:27 — And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the…
- Revelation 22:14 — Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.