Acts 20:21:12Acts.20.21.W12TAB
εἰς
eis
“toward”
- Transliteration
- eis
- Extended
- ehis
- IPA
- /eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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eis
- sentence
di-a-mar-ty-RO-me-nos i-ou-dai-OIS te KAI HEL-lê-sin tên eis the-ON me-TA-noi-an KAI PIS-tin eis ton KY-ri-on hê-MON i-e-ay-SOON
Exegesis
The object of this testifying is expressed in two coordinated accusative phrases: ten eis theon metanoian {τὴν εἰς θεὸν μετάνοιαν | tḕn eis the-ón me-tá-noi-an} “the repentance toward God” and pistin eis ton kyrion hēmon Iēsoun {πίστιν εἰς τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν | pís-tin eis tón ký-ri-on hē-môn Iē-soûn} “faith toward our Lord Jesus.”
In both cases, the preposition eis {εἰς | eis} with the accusative marks directed movement toward a personal object, underscoring that repentance and faith are not abstract qualities but relational responses to God and to the Lord Jesus. The single participial structure in Greek is rendered in English as a finite verbal idea (“Testifying,” “I have been solemnly declaring”) to make the sentence flow naturally while preserving the dual focus on repentance and faith and the parallelism between “toward God” and “toward our Lord Jesus.”
Root and etymology
tithemitau–iota–theta–eta–mu–iota
“to place, to put, to appoint”
In context — Acts 20:21
Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus .
About this coordinate
Acts 20:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 20:21, so the Greek word εἰς (eis) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.20.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.21.W12.S1) and character.