What does εἰσπηδάω (eispēdáō) mean in the Bible?
εἰσπηδάω (eispēdáō) is a Greek word meaning "to rush in".
Greek · G1530
εἰσπηδάω
To rush in
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εἰσπηδάω G1530
Pronunciation eispēdáō
What does εἰσπηδάω (eispēdáō) mean in the Bible?
εἰσπηδάω (eispēdáō) is a Greek word meaning "to rush in".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1530?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] rushed (1), [Bartimaeus] jumped up (1), [the jailer] rushed in (1).
Where does εἰσπηδάω (eispēdáō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 10:50. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Mark (1).
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 [and] rushed 1× Acts 14:14
[Bartimaeus] jumped up 1× Mark 10:50
[the jailer] rushed in 1× Acts 16:29
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 10:50 ἀναπηδήσας to [Bartimaeus] jumped up Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 14:14 ἐξεπήδησαν to [and] rushed Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 16:29 εἰσεπήδησεν to [the jailer] rushed in Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 10:50
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Acts 2
Source forms
ἀναπηδήσας 1x anapēdēsas Mark 10:50
εἰσεπήδησεν 1x eisepēdēsen Acts 16:29
ἐξεπήδησαν 1x exepēdēsan Acts 14:14
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 14:14
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 16:29
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 10:50
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to rush in
Source Gloss
to rush in
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 14:14 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
εἰσεπήδησαν eisephdhsan
I leap into, rush into
Read verse Acts 16:29 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
εἰσεπήδησε, eisephdhsen
I leap into, rush into
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2
Voice
active 2
Mood
indicative 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
εἰσπηδάω is built from this root:
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain