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preposition

heneka

Greekἕνεκα (heneka)

Strong’sG1752

for the sake of, on account of, wherefore

stem henek-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books

Translated as

on account of3×*1×

What it means

ἕνεκα (so Mt 19:5, Lk 6:22, Ac 19:32 26:21; elsewhere, prop, only before a vowel, ἕνεκεν; εἵνεκεν, originally Ionic: Lk 4:18 18:29, Ac 28:20, II Co 3:10),

prep. c. gen.,
on account of, because of: Mt 5:10, 11 16:25 19:29, Mk 8:35, Lk 6:22, Ac 28:20, Ro 8:36, II Co 3:10; ἕ. τούτου, Mt 19:5; τούτων, Ac 26:21; τίνος ἕ., Ac 19:32; seq. τοῦ, c. inf., II Co 7:12; οὗ ἕν., Lk 4:18

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1752 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhen'-ek-ah

on account of

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamesbecause, for (cause, sake), (where-)fore, by reason of, that.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

heneka3×

Luke 6:22“on account of”Makariois avō hotan misaleia vin tois anthrōpois, kai hotan aforizaleia vin kai oneidizaleia kai ekballaleia tem onomem vu hōs ponērem heneka tou huiou tou anthrōpou;Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

Acts 19:32“*”allois men oun allem tinem krazale, ate gar tas ekklēsas sunchirētas, kai tois polloterois ouk oidalelē tineu heneka sunerchalelē.Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

Acts 26:21“on account of”heneka houteiu min Ioudaiois sullamberatois en te hiere peirele diacheirizera.For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

Heneka1×

Matthew 19:5“on account of”kai legata; Heneka houteu kataleipati anthrōpos ton patēron kai tan mētēran kai kolliti ta gunaika autou, kai eli tois duo eis sarxan henan?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’?