Strong G1752ἕνεκα
because of
- Transliteration
- heneka heneken heineken
- Pronunciation
- hen'-ek-ah hen'-ek-en hi'-nek-en
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
on account of: - because for (cause sake) (where-) fore by reason of that.
on account of: - because for (cause sake) (where-) fore by reason of that.
Detailed definition
ἕνεκα (so Mat.19:5, Luk.6:22, Act.19:32 26:21; elsewhere, prop, only before a vowel, ἕνεκεν; εἵνεκεν, originally Ionic: Luk.4:18 18:29, Act.28:20, 2Co.3:10),
prep. with genitive,
on account of, because of: Mat.5:10-11 16:25 19:29, Mrk.8:35, Luk.6:22, Act.28:20, Rom.8:36, 2Co.3:10; ἕ. τούτου, Mat.19:5; υούτων, Act.26:21; τίνος ἕ., Act.19:32; before τοῦ, with inf., 2Co.7:12; οὗ ἕν., Luk.4:18
(AS)
prep. with genitive,
on account of, because of: Mat.5:10-11 16:25 19:29, Mrk.8:35, Luk.6:22, Act.28:20, Rom.8:36, 2Co.3:10; ἕ. τούτου, Mat.19:5; υούτων, Act.26:21; τίνος ἕ., Act.19:32; before τοῦ, with inf., 2Co.7:12; οὗ ἕν., Luk.4:18
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1752 appears in 23 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- for17
- sake10
- cause3
- because2
- reason1
- though1
- wherefore1
First verses
- Matthew 5:10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Matthew 10:18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
- Matthew 10:39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
- Matthew 16:25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
- Matthew 19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- Matthew 19:29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
- Mark 8:35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
- Mark 10:7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
- Mark 10:29And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
- Mark 13:9But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
- Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
- Luke 9:24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
- Luke 18:29And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
- Luke 21:12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
- Acts 19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
- Acts 26:21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
- Acts 28:20For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
- Romans 8:36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἕνεκα,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.110, etc.)], or ἕνεκεν (twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.288, 310, rare in Trag., as 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 999 (Lyric poetry), and early Prose, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 210e; in Comedy texts, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 330)]; twice in 4th C Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 2.987A2, 611b13, but prevalent in later Inscrr., compare “SIG” 577.7 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; in late Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.10))], Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and poetry εἵνεκα (also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, “Lg.” 778d, +others))], or εἵνεκεν (both forms in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)] and not uncommon in codices of later writers; εἵνεκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.136, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).35 codices)]; εἵνεκε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2, _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.133))]: ἕνεκε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 333.14 (Samos, 4th c.BC), “Supp.epigram” 1.351.10 ([prev. passage]), “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3655.18 (Cyzicus, 3rd-2nd c.BC))]: Aeolic dialect ἔννεκα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 9.1, “IG” 12(2).258.8 (Lesbos, 1st c.AD))], but ἔνεκα [Refs ([prev. work] 11(4).1064b32 (from Delos), 12(1).645a38 (from Nesus): late)]ἕνεκον [Refs (“JHS” 37.108 (from Lydia))], etc.:—preposition with genitive, usually after its case; also before, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.94, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.136, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122, etc.)] When it follows its case, it is sometimes separated from it by several words, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.88, etc.)]
1 on account of, Τρώων πόλιν.. ἧς εἵνεκ᾽ ὀϊζύομεν κακὰ πολλά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.89, etc.; ὕβριος εἵνεκα τῆσδε 1.214)]; τοῦδ᾽ ἕνεκα for this,[Refs ([prev. work] 110; ὧν ἕ.)]wherefore, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (20.21; τίνος ἕ. βλάβη; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 181; παῖσαι ἄνδρας ἕνεκεν ἀταξίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.13; στεφανοῦσθαι ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.10)]; for the sake of, τοῦ ἕ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 31c b)]; τῶν δὲ εἵνεκα, ὅκως.., or ἵνα.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.35, 40; κολακεύειν ἕ. μισθοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.17)]; διὰ νόσον ἕ. ὑγιείας by reason of sickness for the sake of health, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 218e, compare “Smp.” 185b)]; τὸ οὗ ἕ. the final cause, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 194a27, “Metaphorical” 983a31; τὸ οὗ ἕνεκεν [prev. author] “Ph.” 243a3, “Metaphorical” 1059a35.)]
2 as far as regards, ἐμοῦ γ᾽ ἕνεκα as far as depends on me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 386, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.14; τοῦ φυλάσσοντος εἵνεκεν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.42)]; εἵνεκεν χρημάτων as for money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.122, etc.; ἕνεκά γε φιλονικίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 548d, compare 329b)]; ἐμπειρίας μὲν ἄρα ἕ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 582d; ὁμοῖοι τοῖς τυφλοῖς ἂν ἦμεν ἕνεκά γε τῶν ἡμετέρων ὀφθαλμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.3.)]
3 in consequence of, εἵνεκα τέχνας by force of art, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.729.)]
4 pleonastic, ἀμφὶσοὔνεκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 554 codices)]; ὅσον ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕ. as far as shouting went, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.92, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.31; τίνος χάριν ἕ.; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 701d, compare “Plt.” 302b.)]
II conjunction, for οὕνεκα (which see), because, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (hymnus ad Venerem 199, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.6, “fragment” 287.)]
II.2 εἵνεκεν, ={ὁθούνεκα}, that, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).35 codices)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.110, etc.)], or ἕνεκεν (twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.288, 310, rare in Trag., as 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 999 (Lyric poetry), and early Prose, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 210e; in Comedy texts, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 330)]; twice in 4th C Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 2.987A2, 611b13, but prevalent in later Inscrr., compare “SIG” 577.7 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; in late Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.10))], Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and poetry εἵνεκα (also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, “Lg.” 778d, +others))], or εἵνεκεν (both forms in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)] and not uncommon in codices of later writers; εἵνεκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.136, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).35 codices)]; εἵνεκε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2, _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.133))]: ἕνεκε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 333.14 (Samos, 4th c.BC), “Supp.epigram” 1.351.10 ([prev. passage]), “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3655.18 (Cyzicus, 3rd-2nd c.BC))]: Aeolic dialect ἔννεκα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 9.1, “IG” 12(2).258.8 (Lesbos, 1st c.AD))], but ἔνεκα [Refs ([prev. work] 11(4).1064b32 (from Delos), 12(1).645a38 (from Nesus): late)]ἕνεκον [Refs (“JHS” 37.108 (from Lydia))], etc.:—preposition with genitive, usually after its case; also before, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.94, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.136, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122, etc.)] When it follows its case, it is sometimes separated from it by several words, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.88, etc.)]
1 on account of, Τρώων πόλιν.. ἧς εἵνεκ᾽ ὀϊζύομεν κακὰ πολλά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.89, etc.; ὕβριος εἵνεκα τῆσδε 1.214)]; τοῦδ᾽ ἕνεκα for this,[Refs ([prev. work] 110; ὧν ἕ.)]wherefore, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (20.21; τίνος ἕ. βλάβη; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 181; παῖσαι ἄνδρας ἕνεκεν ἀταξίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.13; στεφανοῦσθαι ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.10)]; for the sake of, τοῦ ἕ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 31c b)]; τῶν δὲ εἵνεκα, ὅκως.., or ἵνα.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.35, 40; κολακεύειν ἕ. μισθοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.17)]; διὰ νόσον ἕ. ὑγιείας by reason of sickness for the sake of health, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 218e, compare “Smp.” 185b)]; τὸ οὗ ἕ. the final cause, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 194a27, “Metaphorical” 983a31; τὸ οὗ ἕνεκεν [prev. author] “Ph.” 243a3, “Metaphorical” 1059a35.)]
2 as far as regards, ἐμοῦ γ᾽ ἕνεκα as far as depends on me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 386, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.14; τοῦ φυλάσσοντος εἵνεκεν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.42)]; εἵνεκεν χρημάτων as for money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.122, etc.; ἕνεκά γε φιλονικίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 548d, compare 329b)]; ἐμπειρίας μὲν ἄρα ἕ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 582d; ὁμοῖοι τοῖς τυφλοῖς ἂν ἦμεν ἕνεκά γε τῶν ἡμετέρων ὀφθαλμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.3.)]
3 in consequence of, εἵνεκα τέχνας by force of art, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.729.)]
4 pleonastic, ἀμφὶσοὔνεκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 554 codices)]; ὅσον ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕ. as far as shouting went, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.92, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.31; τίνος χάριν ἕ.; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 701d, compare “Plt.” 302b.)]
II conjunction, for οὕνεκα (which see), because, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (hymnus ad Venerem 199, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.6, “fragment” 287.)]
II.2 εἵνεκεν, ={ὁθούνεκα}, that, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).35 codices)]