What does εἰσέρχομαι (eisérchomai) mean in the Bible?
Eiserchomai means to enter, go in, or come into a place, condition, or participation. Joseph enters Israel's land with the child Jesus.
Greek · G1525
εἰσέρχομαι
To enter (literally or figuratively)
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εἰσέρχομαι G1525
Pronunciation eisérchomai
What does εἰσέρχομαι (eisérchomai) mean in the Bible?
Eiserchomai means to enter, go in, or come into a place, condition, or participation. Joseph enters Israel's land with the child Jesus.
Reader summary
Full entry for εἰσέρχομαι (G1525) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1525?
The BSB source-word alignment has 195 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to enter (21), Enter (14), entered (13), He entered (8), . . . (5).
Where does εἰσέρχομαι (eisérchomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (50), Matthew (37), Acts (34), Mark (30).
Are there verse guides for εἰσέρχομαι (eisérchomai)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
What This Word Actually Means
Eiserchomai means to enter, go in, or come into a place, condition, or participation. Joseph enters Israel's land with the child Jesus. Jesus enters a house and seeks privacy. A master commands servants to bring outsiders in so his banquet may be filled. Peter recounts refusing to let forbidden food enter his mouth. Revelation blesses those granted access to the city through its gates.
The verb supplies movement across a boundary, but the boundary and authorization differ greatly: geography, a household, table fellowship, bodily consumption, or eschatological access. It does not imply salvation every time someone enters, nor does it explain eligibility by itself. Readers must identify the space, the agent who opens it, and the narrative consequence.
How the Bible Uses It
Eiserchomai marks crossing into a place or sphere: the holy family's return, Jesus' private entrance, invited guests filling a banquet, prohibited food entering the mouth, and the redeemed entering the city. Entry may be ordinary, commanded, refused, or graciously granted.
- Matt.2.21
So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.
Matthew 2:21 reports Joseph taking the child and His mother and entering the land of Israel. The return follows God's direction and Herod's death, continuing Matthew's portrait of providential protection.
- Mark.7.24
Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.
Mark 7:24 says Jesus entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet He could not remain hidden. The entrance creates the setting for the Syrophoenician woman's persistent appeal.
- Luke.14.23
So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
Luke 14:23 commands the servant to go to roads and hedges and compel people to enter so the house may be filled. The parable magnifies the host's determined generosity after invited guests refuse.
- Acts.11.8
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
Acts 11:8 recalls Peter's protest that nothing impure had ever entered his mouth. His testimony supports God's correction concerning foods and, in the chapter's larger event, welcoming Gentiles whom God has cleansed.
- Rev.22.14
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
Revelation 22:14 blesses those who wash their robes so they may have right to the tree of life and enter the city by its gates. Access is a gift bound to cleansing and belonging to the Lamb.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It to enter 21× Matthew 18:8, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 19:17, Matthew 19:23
Enter 14× Matthew 7:13, Matthew 12:29, Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23
entered 13× Matthew 21:12, Matthew 24:38, Luke 6:6, Luke 9:34
He entered 8× Matthew 12:4, Mark 2:26, Mark 7:24, Luke 4:16
. . . 5× Matthew 10:5, Mark 13:15, Mark 15:43, Luke 9:52
[Jesus] entered 5× Mark 1:21, Mark 3:1, Mark 11:11, Mark 11:15
enters 5× Matthew 15:11, John 10:2, John 10:9, Hebrews 4:10
he went 5× Matthew 26:58, Luke 4:38, Luke 7:1, John 19:9
you enter 5× Matthew 10:11, Matthew 10:12, Mark 6:10, Luke 9:4
went 4× Matthew 2:21, John 18:33, Acts 14:1, Acts 18:19
went in 4× Matthew 25:10, John 20:8, Acts 1:21, Acts 28:8
[and] went 3× Mark 5:13, Luke 8:33, Acts 18:7
comes in 3× Luke 17:7, 1 Corinthians 14:24, James 2:2
they entered 3× Matthew 27:53, Mark 16:5, Acts 13:14
They shall never enter 3× Hebrews 3:11, Hebrews 4:3, Hebrews 4:5
came in 2× Matthew 22:11, Acts 5:7
come 2× Acts 9:12, Acts 16:15
did not enter 2× Hebrews 4:6, Hebrews 9:24
had entered 2× Matthew 8:5, Matthew 21:10
had gone 2× Mark 9:28, Luke 8:30
he arrived 2× Acts 9:17, Acts 10:24
He went in 2× Luke 11:37, Luke 24:29
He went inside 2× Mark 5:39, Acts 10:27
If you enter 2× Luke 10:8, Luke 10:10
they go in 2× Matthew 12:45, Luke 11:26
to go in 2× Luke 8:51, Luke 15:28
to pass 2× Matthew 19:24, Luke 18:25
will never enter 2× Mark 10:15, Luke 18:17
you will never enter 2× Matthew 5:20, Matthew 18:3
you will not enter 2× Matthew 26:41, Luke 22:46
[Jesus] had left 1× Mark 7:17
[Jesus] went back to 1× Mark 2:1
[Jesus] went in 1× Matthew 9:25
[Paul] went 1× Acts 19:8
[The angel] appeared 1× Luke 1:28
[the apostles] entered 1× Acts 5:21
[the girl] hurried back 1× Mark 6:25
[When] I entered 1× Luke 7:44
and went back into 1× Acts 14:20
arrived 1× Acts 23:33
came 1× Mark 6:22
came in [and] 1× Acts 5:10
come in 1× 1 Corinthians 14:23
comes 1× James 2:2
did you get in 1× Matthew 22:12
do not enter 1× Matthew 23:13
Do not go back 1× Mark 8:26
does not enter 1× John 10:1
go 1× Matthew 6:6
go into 1× Acts 9:6
has {ever} entered 1× Acts 11:8
has come in 1× Romans 11:25
has entered 1× Hebrews 6:20
have not entered 1× Luke 11:52
have reached 1× James 5:4
have taken up 1× John 4:38
have You come 1× Matthew 8:8
he did not go in 1× John 20:5
he enters 1× Mark 14:14
He has gone 1× Luke 19:7
He will come in 1× John 10:9
I arrived 1× Luke 7:45
I will come in 1× Revelation 3:20
in 1× Matthew 23:13
It enters 1× Hebrews 6:19
Jesus entered 1× Luke 19:1
may enter 1× Revelation 22:14
of entering 1× Hebrews 4:1
she entered 1× Luke 1:40
started 1× Luke 9:46
stay out of 1× Luke 21:21
that you will not enter 1× Luke 22:40
they arrived 1× Acts 1:13
they went 1× Acts 16:40
to come 1× Luke 8:41
to come in 1× Luke 14:23
to go before 1× Acts 19:30
vvv 1× Acts 21:8
we arrived 1× Acts 28:16
we entered 1× Acts 11:12
we may enter 1× Mark 5:12
went into 1× Acts 17:2
were entering 1× Luke 11:52
when [Christ] came 1× Hebrews 10:5
when they entered 1× Luke 24:3
When you enter 1× Luke 22:10
who came 1× Acts 10:3
will come in 1× Acts 20:29
will enter 1× Matthew 7:21
will ever enter 1× Revelation 21:27
wish to enter 1× Matthew 23:13
would never enter 1× Hebrews 3:18
You come 1× Luke 7:6
You visited 1× Acts 11:3
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 2:21 εἰσῆλθεν to went Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 5:20 εἰσέλθητε to you will never enter Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural Matthew 6:6 εἴσελθε to go Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Matthew 7:13 Εἰσέλθατε to Enter Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Matthew 7:13 εἰσερχόμενοι to enter Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 7:21 εἰσελεύσεται to will enter Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 8:5 Εἰσελθόντος to had entered Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular Matthew 8:8 εἰσέλθῃς to have You come Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Singular Matthew 9:25 εἰσελθὼν to [Jesus] went in Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 10:5 εἰσέλθητε to . . . Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 2:21
Aligned rows 195
Books represented 10
Matthew 37 Mark 30 Luke 50 John 15 Acts 34 Romans 2 1 Corinthians 2 Hebrews 17 James 3 Revelation 5
Source forms
εἰσῆλθεν 39x eisēlthen Matthew 2:21, Matthew 12:4, Matthew 21:12, Matthew 24:38
εἰσελθεῖν 37x eiselthein Matthew 12:29, Matthew 18:8, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 19:17
εἰσελθὼν 18x eiselthōn Matthew 9:25, Matthew 26:58, Mark 1:21, Mark 2:1
εἰσῆλθον 11x eisēlthon Matthew 25:10, Matthew 27:53, Mark 5:13, Luke 7:45
εἰσέλθητε 10x eiselthēte Matthew 5:20, Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:11, Matthew 18:3
εἰσέλθῃ 9x eiselthē Mark 10:15, Mark 14:14, Luke 18:17, John 10:9
εἰσελεύσονται 5x eiseleusontai Mark 10:23, Acts 20:29, Hebrews 3:11, Hebrews 4:3
εἴσελθε 4x eiselthe Matthew 6:6, Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23, Acts 9:6
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 43x Matthew 2:21, Matthew 12:4, Matthew 21:12, Matthew 24:38
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 37x Matthew 12:29, Matthew 18:8, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 19:17
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 20x Matthew 9:25, Matthew 22:11, Matthew 26:58, Mark 1:21
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 10x Matthew 25:10, Matthew 27:53, Mark 5:13, Luke 8:33
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural 10x Matthew 5:20, Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:11, Matthew 18:3
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular 9x Mark 10:15, Mark 14:14, Luke 18:17, John 10:9
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 5x Acts 5:10, Acts 13:14, Acts 16:15, Acts 21:8
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural 5x Mark 10:23, Acts 20:29, Hebrews 3:11, Hebrews 4:3
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Do not use invitation passages to erase the repentance and cleansing named elsewhere in their contexts.
- Do not rebuild ethnic or ceremonial barriers that Acts says God Himself has overturned.
Avoid claiming...
- Do not use invitation passages to erase the repentance and cleansing named elsewhere in their contexts.
- Do not rebuild ethnic or ceremonial barriers that Acts says God Himself has overturned.
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Entry into physical or spiritual realms; especially salvation's threshold language (kingdom, life, glory, rest).
Source Gloss
to enter (literally or figuratively)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 197 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:20 Verb Second Person Plural Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
εἰσέλθητε eiselqhte
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 6:6 Verb Second Person Singular Second Aorist Active Imperative
εἴσελθε eiselqe
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 7:13 Verb Second Person Plural Second Aorist Active Imperative
Εἰσέλθετε eiselqete
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 7:13 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
εἰσερχόμενοι eisercomenoi
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 7:21 Verb Third Person Singular Future Middle Deponent Indicative
εἰσελεύσεται eiseleusetai
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 8:5 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Dative Singular Masculine
Εἰσελθόντι eiselqonti
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 8:8 Verb Second Person Singular Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
εἰσέλθῃς· eiselqhv
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 9:25 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
εἰσελθὼν eiselqwn
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 10:5 Verb Second Person Plural Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
εἰσέλθητε· eiselqhte
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 10:11 Verb Second Person Plural Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
εἰσέλθητε, eiselqhte
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 10:12 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
εἰσερχόμενοι eisercomenoi
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 12:4 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
εἰσῆλθεν eishlqen
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 12:29 Verb Second Aorist Active Infinitive
εἰσελθεῖν eiselqein
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 12:45 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Neuter
εἰσελθόντα eiselqonta
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 15:11 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Neuter
εἰσερχόμενον eisercomenon
I go in, come in, enter
Read verse Matthew 17:25 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
εἰσῆλθεν eishlqen
I go in, come in, enter
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 193 Tenses Aorist, Future, Present, Perfect Voices Active, Middle
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 74×
Aorist Active Matt 2:21 · Matt 12:4 · Matt 21:12 · Matt 24:38 · Mark 2:26 · Mark 3:1 · Mark 7:17 · Mark 11:11 · Mark 15:43 · Luke 1:40 · Luke 4:16 · Luke 4:38 · Luke 6:4 · Luke 7:1 · Luke 8:30 · Luke 9:46 60×
Future Middle Mark 10:23 · Acts 20:29 · Heb 3:11 · Heb 4:3 · Heb 4:5 · Matt 7:21 · Matt 19:23 · John 10:9 · Rev 3:20 9×
Present Middle Matt 23:13 · Heb 4:3 · Heb 9:25 3×
Perfect Active John 4:38 · Jas 5:4 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 37×
Aorist Active Matt 12:29 · Matt 18:8 · Matt 18:9 · Matt 19:17 · Matt 19:24 · Matt 23:13 · Mark 1:45 · Mark 9:43 · Mark 9:45 · Mark 9:47 · Mark 10:24 · Mark 10:25 · Luke 6:6 · Luke 8:32 · Luke 8:41 · Luke 8:51 36×
Future Middle Heb 3:18 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 48×
Aorist Active Matt 9:25 · Matt 22:11 · Matt 26:58 · Mark 2:1 · Mark 3:27 · Mark 5:39 · Mark 7:24 · Mark 11:15 · Luke 1:9 · Luke 1:28 · Luke 7:36 · Luke 11:37 · Luke 19:1 · Luke 19:45 · Acts 18:19 · Acts 19:8 38×
Present Middle John 10:1 · John 10:2 · Heb 10:5 · Matt 7:13 · Matt 10:12 · Matt 23:13 · Luke 11:52 · Matt 15:11 · Luke 17:12 · Heb 6:19 10×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 27×
Aorist Active Matt 5:20 · Matt 10:5 · Matt 10:11 · Matt 18:3 · Matt 26:41 · Mark 6:10 · Luke 9:4 · Luke 10:5 · Luke 10:10 · Luke 22:46 · Mark 10:15 · Mark 14:14 · Luke 18:17 · John 10:9 · Rom 11:25 · 1 Cor 14:24 26×
Present Middle Luke 10:8 1×
Imperative command or strong request 7×
Aorist Active Matt 6:6 · Matt 25:21 · Matt 25:23 · Acts 9:6 · Matt 7:13 · Mark 13:15 6×
Present Middle Luke 21:21 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 192 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 165 present 15 future 10 perfect 2
Voice
active 167 middle 25
Mood
indicative 73 participle 48 infinitive 37 subjunctive 27 imperative 7
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:21 εἰσῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:20 εἰσέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 6:6 εἴσελθε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 7:13 Εἰσέλθατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 7:13 εἰσερχόμενοι present middle participle participle Matthew 7:21 εἰσελεύσεται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 8:5 Εἰσελθόντος aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:8 εἰσέλθῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 9:25 εἰσελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 10:11 εἰσέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 10:12 εἰσερχόμενοι present middle participle participle Matthew 10:5 εἰσέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 12:29 εἰσελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 12:4 εἰσῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:45 εἰσελθόντα aorist active participle participle Matthew 15:11 εἰσερχόμενον present middle participle participle Matthew 18:3 εἰσέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 18:8 εἰσελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 18:9 εἰσελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 19:17 εἰσελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 19:23 εἰσελεύσεται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 19:24 εἰσελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 21:10 εἰσελθόντος aorist active participle participle Matthew 21:12 εἰσῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:11 εἰσελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 22:12 εἰσῆλθες aorist active indicative completed Matthew 23:13 εἰσέρχεσθε present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 23:13 εἰσερχομένους present middle participle participle Matthew 23:13 εἰσελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 24:38 εἰσῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:10 εἰσῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:21 εἴσελθε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 25:23 εἴσελθε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 26:41 εἰσέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 26:58 εἰσελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 27:53 εἰσῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Mark 1:45 εἰσελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Mark 2:1 εἰσελθὼν aorist active participle participle Mark 2:26 εἰσῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 3:1 εἰσῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed
+152 more occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
Luke 22:1–6 εἰσῆλθεν eisérchomai
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Word Origins
εἰσέρχομαι is built from these roots:
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For the Preacher and Teacher
Eiserchomai draws attention to thresholds. Joseph crosses back into Israel under divine guidance. Jesus' house cannot shield Him from a needy woman's faith. A banquet host sends servants beyond the expected guest list because he intends his house to be full. Peter learns that a boundary he defended cannot be maintained against God's cleansing action, and Revelation ends with redeemed people entering the city by right granted through the Lamb.
These scenes do not teach indiscriminate access; they teach that God defines the doorway. Churches should therefore welcome those God invites, refuse ethnic or social barriers He has dismantled, and still speak honestly about repentance, cleansing, and allegiance to Christ. The verb itself does not save. It helps readers notice who opens, who enters, what is left outside, and how grace creates a people at home in God's presence.
Anchor passage
Luke.14.23
Doctrinal connections
- Providence: God directs and protects the holy family's return to Israel.
- Christology: Jesus' hidden entrance becomes an occasion for mercy reaching a Gentile woman.
- Kingdom invitation: the banquet host seeks a full house after privileged invitees refuse.
- Gentile inclusion: Acts 11 recounts God's dismantling of purity barriers against those He cleanses.
- Sanctification and cleansing: final access is associated with robes washed and lives belonging to the Lamb.
- New creation: the redeemed enter the holy city and receive access to the tree of life.
Eiserchomai combines eis with erchomai and means to go or come into. The complement may be a physical place, a bodily destination, or a figurative sphere; translators choose "enter" or "come in" according to viewpoint.
From Old to New Testament
Temple and land entrances in the Old Testament are governed by God's holiness, while prophets envision nations welcomed to worship. Revelation fulfills access imagery in a city where God's presence and the tree of life are openly enjoyed.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
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