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Lexicon :: Strong's G1752 - heneka

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ἕνεκα
Transliteration
heneka (Key)
Pronunciation
hen'-ek-ah
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Part of Speech
preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

†ἕνεκα héneka, hen'-ek-ah; of uncertain affinity; on account of:—because, for (cause, sake), (where-)fore, by reason of, that.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's G1752 in the following manner: for ... sake (14x), for ... cause (5x), for (2x), because (with G3739) (1x), wherefore (with G5101) (1x), by reason of (1x), that ... might (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's G1752 in the following manner: for ... sake (14x), for ... cause (5x), for (2x), because (with G3739) (1x), wherefore (with G5101) (1x), by reason of (1x), that ... might (1x).

  1. on account of, for the sake of, for

  2. for this cause, therefore

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἕνεκα héneka, hen'-ek-ah; of uncertain affinity; on account of:—because, for (cause, sake), (where-)fore, by reason of, that.
STRONGS G1752:
ἕνεκα (only before consonants [Rec. three times (Griesbach twice) out of twenty-five]), and ἕνεκεν [R G 19 times, L (out of 26) 21 times, Tr 20, WH 18, T 17], or in a form at first ionic εἵνεκεν (Luke 4:18 [Rec. ἕν.; Luke 18:29 T WH; Acts 28:20 T WH]; 2 Corinthians 3:10 [R G L marginal reading ἕν.]; 2 Corinthians 7:12 [R G], both the last forms alike before consonants and vowels [cf. under the word Ν, ν; Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 d. 1; Buttmann, 10 (9); Krüger (dialects) § 68, 19, 1; WHs Appendix, p. 173]), a preposition followed by the genitive, on account of, for the sake of, for: Matthew 5:10; Matthew 16:25; Matthew 19:29; Mark 8:35; Luke 6:22; Acts 28:20; Romans 8:36; 2 Corinthians 3:10; ἕνεκεν τούτου, for this cause, therefore, Matthew 19:5; τούτων, Acts 26:21; τίνος ἕνεκεν, for what cause, wherefore, Acts 19:32; before τοῦ with an infinitive expressing purpose [Winers Grammar, 329 (309); Buttmann, 266 (228)], 2 Corinthians 7:12; οὗ εἵνεκεν, because, Luke 4:18; cf. Meyer at the passage.

Related entry:
εἵνεκεν, see ἕνεκα, ἕνεκεν.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:10; 16:25; 19:5; 19:29
Mark
8:35
Luke
4:18; 4:18; 6:22; 18:29
Acts
19:32; 26:21; 28:20; 28:20
Romans
8:36
2 Corinthians
3:10; 3:10; 7:12; 7:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1752 matches the Greek ἕνεκα (heneka),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:11 - “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:39 - Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:25 - For whoever would save his life[fn] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5 - and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold[fn] and will inherit eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:35 - For whoever would save his life[fn] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:7 - ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:9 - “But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:22 - “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:24 - For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:29 - And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers[fn] or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:32 - Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:21 - For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 - For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:36 - As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20 - Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:10 - Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:12 - So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
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