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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 5:10 - Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:11 - “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:39

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:25 - For whoever wants to save their life[fn] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me 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 be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[fn] 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 their life[fn] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me 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 and be united to his wife,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:9 - “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:22 - Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:24 - For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:29 - “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters 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 seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:32 - The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:21 - That is why some Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 - For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:36 - As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20 - Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:10 - For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:12 - So even though I wrote to you, it was neither on account of the one who did the wrong nor on account of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are.
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