Gloss
for the sake of; for this reason, because
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἕνεκα
Greek transliteration
heneka
Simplified transliteration
heneka
Numbers
Strong's number
1752
GK Number
1914
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
0
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
prep
Greek-English Concordance for ἕνεκα
| Matthew 5:10 | Blessed are those who are persecuted for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
| Matthew 5:11 | Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely on account (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) of me. |
| Matthew 10:18 | and you will be brought before governors and kings for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) my sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen), as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. |
| Matthew 10:39 | Whoever finds his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) my sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) will find it. |
| Matthew 16:25 | For whoever resolves to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) my sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) will find it. |
| Matthew 19:5 | And he added, “For (heneka | ἕνεκα | improper prep-gen) this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ |
| Matthew 19:29 | And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) my name’s sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. |
| Mark 8:35 | For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) my sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) and that of the gospel will save it. |
| Mark 10:7 | ‘For (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, |
| Mark 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 (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) my sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) and for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) the sake of the gospel |
| Mark 13:9 | But watch out for yourselves; they will deliver you over to local councils, and in synagogues you will be beaten, and before governors and kings you will be made to stand for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) my sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen), to bear witness to them. |
| Luke 6:22 | Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil on account (heneka | ἕνεκα | improper prep-gen) of the Son of Man! |
| Luke 9:24 | For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) my sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen), this person will save it. |
| Luke 18:29 | Then Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or siblings or parents or children, for (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) the sake of the kingdom of God |
| Luke 21:12 | But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for the sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) of my name. |
| Acts 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 assembled. |
| Acts 26:21 | It was for (heneka | ἕνεκα | improper prep-gen) that reason (heneka | ἕνεκα | improper prep-gen) that the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. |
| Acts 28:20 | For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) of the hope of Israel that I wear this chain.” |
| Romans 8:36 | As it is written, “For your sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) we face death all day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” |
| Romans 14:20 | Do not, for the sake (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) of food, destroy the work of God. All food is indeed clean, but it is wrong to cause another to stumble by what you eat. |
| 2 Corinthians 7:12 | So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) the offender, nor on account (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) of the one offended, but that (heneken | ἕνεκεν | improper prep-gen) your earnestness toward us might be revealed to you in the sight of God. |
