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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 26 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:11 - "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:39 - Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:25 - For whoever wants to save his life 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, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:35 - For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:7 - For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:9 - "You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to 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 release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free 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 insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:24 - For whoever wants to 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 - Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:32 - So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 - So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel."

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:36 - As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20 - Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:10 - For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:12 - So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God.
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