preposition
heneka
Strong’sG1752
for the sake of, on account of, wherefore
stem henek-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
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.,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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Refs 8th c.BC+, or ἕνεκεν (twice in Refs 8th c.BC+; twice in 4th C Attic dialect Inscrr., Refs 3rd c.BC+; in late Prose, Refs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and poetry εἵνεκα (also in Refs 5th c.BC+, or εἵνεκεν (both forms in Refs 5th c.BC+ and not uncommon in codices of later writers; εἵνεκεν Refs 5th c.BC+; εἵνεκε Refs 5th c.BC+: ἕνεκε Refs 4th c.BC+: Aeolic dialect ἔννεκα Refs 7th c.BC+, but ἔνεκα Refsἕνεκον Refs, etc.:—preposition with genitive, usually after its case; also before, Refs 8th c.BC+ When it follows its case, it is sometimes separated from it by several words, as in Refs 5th c.BC+
1 on account of, Τρώων πόλιν.. ἧς εἵνεκ᾽ ὀϊζύομεν κακὰ πολλά Refs 8th c.BC+; τοῦδ᾽ ἕνεκα for this,Refswherefore, Refs 5th c.BC+; for the sake of, τοῦ ἕ.; Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν δὲ εἵνεκα, ὅκως.., or ἵνα.., Refs 5th c.BC+; διὰ νόσον ἕ. ὑγιείας by reason of sickness for the sake of health, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ οὗ ἕ. the final cause, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 as far as regards, ἐμοῦ γ᾽ ἕνεκα as far as depends on me, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἵνεκεν χρημάτων as for money, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐμπειρίας μὲν ἄρα ἕ.Refs 5th c.BC+
3 in consequence of, εἵνεκα τέχνας by force of art, Refs
4 pleonastic, ἀμφὶσοὔνεκα Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅσον ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕ. as far as shouting went, Refs 5th c.BC+
II conjunction, for οὕνεκα (which see), because, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.2 εἵνεκεν, ={ὁθούνεκα}, that, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
heneka3×
Luke 6:22“on account of”… ekbalaleia tem onomem vu hōs ponērem heneka tou huiou tou anthrōpou;… and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Acts 19:32“*”… kai tois polloterois ouk oidalelē tineu heneka sunerchalelē.… one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were …
Acts 26:21“on account of”heneka houteiu min Ioudaiois sullaberantois en te …… reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts …
Heneka1×
Matthew 19:5“on account of”kai legata; Heneka houteu kataleipati anthrōpos ton patron kai …and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and …