G1752Preposition26 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 5:10ἕνεκεν
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Mark 8:35ἕνεκεν
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
- Luke 4:18εἵνεκεν
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- Acts 26:21ἕνεκα
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
- Romans 14:20ἕνεκεν
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
- 2 Corinthians 3:10εἵνεκεν
Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
Abbott-Smith
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
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.