Quick Definition
ἐπεισαγωγή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. bringing in, introduction, importation
Strong's Definition
a superintroduction
Derivation: from a compound of G1909 (ἐπί) and G1521 (εἰσάγω);
KJV Usage: bringing in
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | ἄγω
68.10 · Aspect · Begin, Start
introduction, to begin the process of causing something to begin
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-εισ-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἥ, a bringing in besides or in addition | Acts viii. 24; xiii. 40 [L T Tr txt. WH om. Tr mrg. br. to what is or has been brought m: κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, Heb. vii. 19. (Un Joseph. antt. 11, 6, 2 used of the introduction of a new wife in place of one repudiated; ἑτέρων ἰητρῶν, Hippocr. p- 27 [vol. i. p. 81 ed Kiithn]; προσώπων, of characters in a play, Dion. Hal. ser. cens. 2, 10; in the plur. of places for letting in the enemy, Thue. 8, 92.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπεισαγωγή epeisagōgē 1x
a superinduction, a further introduction, whether by way of addition or substitution, Heb. 7:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐπ-εισ-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ a bringing in besides or in addition (Hipp., FlJ, al.): He 7:19 (cf. MM, Exp., xiv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπεισαγωγή. We have found no instance as yet of this interesting subst. (Heb 73), but the verb is used as a fer. techn. in marriagecontracts, forbidding a man to “introduce” another woman into his house, e.g. P Eleph 18 (B.c. 311-0) (= Selections, | Pp: 3) μὴ ἐξέστω δὲ Ηρακλείδηι γυναῖκα ἄλλην ἐπεισάγεσθαι ἐφ᾽ ὕβρει Δημητρίας, Ρ Giss I. 21 39 (B.c. 173), BGU IV. | 10501 (time of Augustus). This would seem to justify the | RV translation of Heb /.c. ‘‘a bringing in thereupon” or “besides,” as against Field JVo/es, p. 227. See also the verbal ἐπείσακτος in Os’? 7574(B.C. 106-5) σὺν τῷ ἐπισάκτῳ with reference apparently to ‘‘imported” wine: cf. the use of παρείσακτος in Gal 24. Musonius (p. 613) has—el ὅλον ἐπείσακτον τὸ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἦν, καὶ μηδὲν αὐτοῦ φύσει ἠμῖν μετῆν - --
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπεισαγωγή (epeisagōgē) — introduction. ἐπεισ-ᾰγωγή, ἡ, bringing in besides, ἑτέρων ἰητρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of a second wife, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; προσώπων ἐ. introduction of new characters, [NT+1st c.BC+]
2. means of bringing or letting in, ἐπεσαγωγὰς τῶν πολεμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]