Strong's Lexicon
G1898 — ἐπεισαγωγή
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1898 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπεισαγωγή |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G1909 and G1521 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | epeisagoge |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ice-ag-o-gay' |
| Meaning: | 1. a superintroduction |
| KJV Renderings: | bringing in |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπεισαγωγή, ἐπεισαγωγης, ἡ, a bringing in besides or in addition to what is or has been brought in: κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, Heb 7:19. (In Josephus, Antiquities 11, 6, 2 used of the introduction of a new wife in place of one repudiated; ἑτέρων ἰητρων, Hippocrates, p. 27 (vol. i., p. 81, Kühn edition); προσώπων, of characters in a play, Dionysius Halicarnassus, scr. cens. 2, 10; in the plural of places for letting in the enemy, Thucydides 8, 92.)
STRONGS NT 1898a: ἐπεισέρχομαιἐπεισέρχομαι: future ἐπεισελεύσομαι;
1. to come in besides or to those who are already within; to enter afterward (Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, others).
2. to come in upon, come upon by entering; to enter against: ἐπί τινα, accusative of person, Luk 21:35 L T Tr text WH; with a simple dative of person 1Ma 16:16.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπεισαγωγή (bringing in)
Hebrews 7:19
- KJV: For the law made nothing perfect but the bringing in of a better hope by the which we draw nigh unto God
- GK: ουδέν γαρ ετελείωσεν ο νόμος επεισαγωγή δε κρείττονος ελπίδος δι΄ ης εγγίζομεν τω θεώ