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G1752ἕνεκαheneka, ehineken

because ofPart of speech: Greek Preposition

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Occurrences by book

  1. 7
  2. 5
  3. 5
  4. John: 0
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 1 Corinthians: 0
  8. 4
  9. Galatians: 0
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. Philippians: 0
  12. Colossians: 0
  13. 1 Thessalonians: 0
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1 Timothy: 0
  16. 2 Timothy: 0
  17. Titus: 0
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. Hebrews: 0
  20. James: 0
  21. 1 Peter: 0
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. Revelation: 0

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26 occurrences in 23 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Matthew 5:10

    Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  2. Matthew 5:11

    "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  3. Matthew 10:18

    Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  4. Matthew 10:39

    He who finds his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  5. Matthew 16:25

    For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  6. Matthew 19:5

    and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'

    ἕνεκα heneka “On account of”

  7. Matthew 19:29

    Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “for the sake of”

  8. Mark 8:35

    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the Gospel's will save it.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  9. Mark 10:7

    For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

    ἕνεκεν heneken “On account of”

  10. Mark 10:29

    Jesus said, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the Gospel's sake,

    ἕνεκεν heneken “because”ἕνεκεν heneken “because”

  11. Mark 13:9

    But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “because”

  12. Luke 4:18

    "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 heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to the captives, Recovering of sight to the blind, To deliver those who are crushed,

    εἵνεκεν eineken “because”

  13. Luke 6:22

    Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

    ἕνεκα heneka “on account of”

  14. Luke 9:24

    For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  15. Luke 18:29

    He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,

    ἕνεκεν heneken “for the sake of”

  16. Luke 21:12

    But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  17. Acts 19:32

    Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn't know why they had come together.

    ἕνεκα heneka “cause”

  18. Acts 26:21

    For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.

    ἕνεκα heneka “On account of”

  19. Acts 28:20

    For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

    ἕνεκεν heneken “because of”

  20. Romans 8:36

    Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

    ἕνεκεν heneken “For the sake”

  21. Romans 14:20

    Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “for the sake of”

  22. 2 Corinthians 3:10

    For most assuredly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.

    εἵνεκεν eineken “on account of”

  23. 2 Corinthians 7:12

    So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “for the sake of”ἕνεκεν heneken “for the sake of”ἕνεκεν heneken “for the sake of”