STRONGS G1752:
													
												
									    		
    ἕνεκα (only before consonants [
Rec. three times (Griesbach twice) out of twenty-five]), and 
ἕνεκεν [R G 19 times, L (out of 26) 21 times, Tr 20, WH 18, T 17], or in a form at first ionic 
εἵνεκεν (
Luke 4:18 [
Rec. ἕν.; 
Luke 18:29 T WH; 
Acts 28:20 T WH]; 
2 Corinthians 3:10 [R G L marginal reading 
ἕν.]; 
2 Corinthians 7:12 [R G], both the last forms alike before consonants and vowels [cf. under the word 
Ν, ν; Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 d. 1; Buttmann, 10 (9); Krüger (dialects) § 68, 19, 1; 
WHs Appendix, p. 173]), a preposition followed by the genitive, 
on account of, for the sake of, for: 
Matthew 5:10; 
Matthew 16:25; 
Matthew 19:29; 
Mark 8:35; 
Luke 6:22; 
Acts 28:20; 
Romans 8:36; 
2 Corinthians 3:10; 
ἕνεκεν τούτου, 
for this cause, therefore, Matthew 19:5; 
τούτων, 
Acts 26:21; 
τίνος ἕνεκεν, for what cause, wherefore, 
Acts 19:32; before 
τοῦ with an infinitive expressing purpose [Winers Grammar, 329 (309); Buttmann, 266 (228)], 
2 Corinthians 7:12; 
οὗ εἵνεκεν, 
because, Luke 4:18; cf. Meyer at the passage.
 
    Related entry:
    εἵνεκεν, see ἕνεκα, ἕνεκεν.
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