Luke 18:24:13Luke.18.24.W13TAB

εἰς

eis

into

Transliteration
eis
Extended
eis
IPA
/eis/

Meaning by language

English
into

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    eis

  2. sentence

    i-DON DE au-TON ho ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen PÔS dys-KO-lōs hoi ta KHRÊ-ma-ta E-khon-tes eis tēn ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU eis-po-REU-on-tai

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase eis tēn basileian tou theou {εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ | eis tēn ba-si-léi-an toû the-oû} marks direction toward God’s reign.

Root and etymology

henepsilon with rough breathing–nu

one

In contextLuke 18:24

But when Jesus saw him, He said, “How difficult it is for those who possess riches to enter into the kingdom of God !”

About this coordinate

Luke 18:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Luke 18:24, 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 Luke.18.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.24.W13.S1) and character.