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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 Weymouth New Testament.

  1. Matthew 5:10

    "Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  2. Matthew 5:11

    "Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  3. Matthew 10:18

    and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  4. Matthew 10:39

    To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  5. Matthew 16:25

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

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  6. Matthew 19:5

    and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?

    ἕνεκα heneka “On account of”

  7. Matthew 19:29

    And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “for the sake of”

  8. Mark 8:35

    For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  9. Mark 10:7

    For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife,

    ἕνεκεν heneken “On account of”

  10. Mark 10:29

    "In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News,

    ἕνεκεν heneken “because”ἕνεκεν heneken “because”

  11. Mark 13:9

    "You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “because”

  12. Luke 4:18

    "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,

    εἵνεκεν eineken “because”

  13. Luke 6:22

    "Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.

    ἕνεκα heneka “on account of”

  14. Luke 9:24

    For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  15. Luke 18:29

    "I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has left house or wife, or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of God's Kingdom,

    ἕνεκεν heneken “for the sake of”

  16. Luke 21:12

    "But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “on account of”

  17. Acts 19:32

    The people, meanwhile, kept shouting, some one thing and some another; for the assembly was all uproar and confusion, and the greater part had no idea why they had come together.

    ἕνεκα heneka “cause”

  18. Acts 26:21

    "It was on this account that the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.

    ἕνεκα heneka “On account of”

  19. Acts 28:20

    For these reasons, then, I have invited you here, that I might see you and speak to you; for it is for the sake of Him who is the hope of Israel that this chain hangs upon me."

    ἕνεκεν heneken “because of”

  20. Romans 8:36

    As it stands written in the Scripture, "For Thy sake they are, all day long, trying to kill us. We have been looked upon as sheep destined for slaughter."

    ἕνεκεν heneken “For the sake”

  21. Romans 14:20

    Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others.

    ἕνεκεν heneken “for the sake of”

  22. 2 Corinthians 3:10

    For, in fact, that which was once resplendent in glory has no glory at all in this respect, that it pales before the glory which surpasses it.

    εἵνεκεν eineken “on account of”

  23. 2 Corinthians 7:12

    Therefore, though I wrote to you, it was not to punish the offender, nor to secure justice for him who had suffered the wrong, but it was chiefly in order that your earnest feeling on our behalf might become manifest to yourselves in the sight of God.

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