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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 110 times in 104 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 2:24–Psa 45:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 -

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - “Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that [fn]I may live on account of you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:14 - Therefore the well was called [fn]Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - “Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not [fn]spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - “Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - Then he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose forty are found there?” And He said, “I will not do it on account of the forty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, “Now behold, I have [fn]ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the twenty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - Then God said to him in the dream, “Indeed, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also [fn]held you back from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - And Abraham said, “Because I said, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For Yahweh had utterly shut all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh because he touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, [fn]for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - Then his brothers said to him, “Are you really going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Then they said to one another, “Surely we are guilty concerning our brother because we saw the distress of his soul when he begged us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 -

From the God of your father who helps you,

And [fn]by the [fn]Almighty who blesses you

With blessings of heaven above,

Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,

Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - “But, indeed, for this reason I have caused you to stand, in order to show you My power and in order to recount My name through all the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had befallen them on the journey, and how Yahweh had delivered them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:11 - “Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all the gods; [fn]for in this matter they acted presumptuously against [fn]the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may [fn]be with you, so that you may not sin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - “Keep far from a [fn]false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not justify the guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:1 -

Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken as a wife (for he had taken a Cushite woman);

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 - But those who died by the plague were 14,700, besides those who died on account of Korah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - “Behold, these [fn]caused the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to [fn]act unfaithfully against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:26 - “But Yahweh was angry with me on your account and would not listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, ‘[fn]Enough! Speak to Me no more of this matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:12 - “For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh; and because of these abominations Yahweh your God will dispossess them from before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - “For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, [fn]which you are about to cross the Jordan to [fn]possess.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:24 - “But truly we have done this out of concern, [fn]for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your sons may say to our [fn]sons, “What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:26 -

“Therefore we said, ‘Let us [fn]build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice;

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - “Therefore we said, ‘It will also be that if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say, “See the copy of the altar of Yahweh which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; rather it is a witness between us and you.”’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 -

Then it was told to King David, saying, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, on account of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - “For this reason You are great, O Lord Yahweh; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1 -

Then David said, “Is there yet [fn]anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him lovingkindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:21 -

Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? [fn]While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:25 - and sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him [fn]Jedidiah for the sake of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - in order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar which is in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son [fn]to preserve my name.” So he named the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - “And this house will become [fn]a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will feel desolate and hiss and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this land and to this house?’
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 -

O Yahweh, lead me in Your righteousness because of [fn]my foes;

Make Your way [fn]straight before me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:4 -

Return, O Yahweh, rescue my [fn]soul;

Save me because of Your lovingkindness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 -

From the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established [fn]strength

Because of Your adversaries,

To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:13 -

Why has the wicked spurned God?

He has said in his heart, “You will not require it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:3 -

He restores my soul;

He guides me in the [fn]paths of righteousness

For His name’s sake.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:7 -

Heth

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;

According to Your lovingkindness remember me,

For the sake of Your goodness, O Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 -

Lamedh

For Your name’s sake, O Yahweh,

Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:11 -

Instruct me in Your way, O Yahweh,

And lead me in a level path

Because of [fn]my foes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:3 -

For You are my [fn]high rock and my fortress;

For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:22 -

But for Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:26 -

Rise up, be our help,

And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:4 -

And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,

For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;

Let Your right hand teach You [fn]awesome things.


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