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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