Definition:
εἰσ-έρχομαι, [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא;] to go in or into, enter: Mat.9:25, Luk.7:45, al; before εἰς, Mat.10:12, Mrk.2:1, al; before διά (πύλης, θύρας, etc.), Mat.7:13, Jhn.10:1, al; ὑπὸ τ. στέγην, Mat.8:8; with adv: ὅπου, Mrk.14:14, Heb.6:20; ὧδε, Mat.22:12; ἔσω, Mat.26:58; before πρός, with accusative of person(s), Mrk.15:43, Luk.1:28, Act.10:3 11:3 16:40 17:2 28:8, Rev.3:20; of demons taking possession, Mrk.9:25, Luk.8:30 22:3, Jhn.13:27; of food, Mat.15:11, Act.11:8. Metaphorical, of thoughts, Luk.9:46; εἰς κόπον, Jhn.4:38; εἰς πειρασμόν, Mat.26:41, Luk.22:40, 46; of hope as an anchor, Heb.6:19; βοαί, Jas.5:4; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; εἰς τ. κόσμον (cf. Wis.2:24 14:14, Jhn.18:37), Rom.5:12, Heb.10:5; in counterparts of Jewish Aram. phrases relating to the theocracy (cf. Dalman, Words, 116ff.): εἰς τ. γάμους, Mat.25:10; εἰς τ. χάραν τ. κυρίου, Mat.25:21, 23; εἰς τ. ζωήν, Mat.18:8, 9 19:17, Mrk.9:43, 45; εἰς τ. βασιλ. τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.5:20 7:21, al. (see: βασιλεία); εἰς τ. κατάπαυσιν, Heb.3:11, 18 4:1 ff; εἰς τ. δόξαν, Luk.24:26; εἰσ. καὶ ἐξερχ, to go in and out (like Heb. בוֹא וְצֵאת, Deu.28:6, etc.), of familiar intercourse, Act.1:21; figuratively, of moral freedom, Jhn.10:9 (cf. ἐπ, παρ, συν-εισέρχομαι). (AS)
Definition:
εἰσέρχομαι,
future -ειεύσομαι:
aorist -ήλῠθον, -ῆλθον: in
Attic dialect,
future is supplied by εἴσειμι, and
imperfect by εἰσῄειν:—
go in or
into, enter, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄλσος, δόμους, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰσῆλθ᾽ ἑκατόμβας
invaded the hecatombs, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: but in Prose mostly with Preps, ἐς οἴκημα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς. ἐς τὰς σπονδάς
come into the treaty, [
Refs]; εἰς τὸν πόλεμον variant in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ. εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους
enter the ranks of the Ephebi, [
Refs]; also εἰ. πρός τινα
enter his
house, visit him, [
Refs]; of a doctor,
pay a visit, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
absolutely, of money, etc,
come in, προσόδους εἰσελθούσας [
Refs]
II) of the Chorus, actors, etc,
come upon the stage,
enter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
enter the lists, in a contest, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρός τινα in competition with, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III) as law-term, of the accuser,
come into court, εἰς ὑμᾶς (i.e. τοὺς δικαστάς) [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2) of the parties, with
accusative, εἰ. τὴν γραφήν
enter the charge, [
Refs]; εἰ. λόγον κατά τινος argument Isoc.II).
III.3) of the accused,
come before the court, δεῦρο [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰσελθόντες δ᾽ ὡς ὑμᾶς is probably in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.4) of the cause,
to be brought in, ποῖ οὖν δεῖ ταύτην εἰσελθεῖν τὴν δίκη; [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV)
enter on an office, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V)
consult a table, εἰ. εἰς ὄργανον [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VI)
metaphorically, [μένος] ἄνδρας ἐσέρχεται courage
enters into the men, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πείνη δ᾽ οὔ ποτε δῆμον ἐσέρχεται famine never
enters the land, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: with
dative, εἰσῆλθε τοῖν τρὶς ἀθλίοιν ἔρις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.2)
come into one's mind, Κροίσῳ ἐσελθεῖν τὸ τοῦ Σόλωνος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσελθεῖν τισὶ ἡδονήν, οἶκτον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.2.b)
impersonal, with
infinitive, τὸν δὲ ἐσῆλθε θεῖον εἶναι τὸ πρῆγμα
it came into his
head that, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]