ἕνεκα

ἕνεκα — héneka

εἵνεκεν see ἕνεκα, ἕνεκεν.

STRONGS NT 1752: ἕνεκαἕνεκα (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 (Luk 4:18 (Rec. ἕν.; T WH; Act 28:20 T WH); 2Co 3:10 (R G L marginal reading ἕνεκεν); 2Co 7:12 (R G), both the last forms alike before consonants and vowels (cf. under the word Nu; 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: Mat 5:10; Mat 16:25; Mat 19:29; Mar 8:35; Luk 6:22.; Act 28:20; Rom 8:36; 2Co 3:10; ἕνεκεν τούτου, for this cause, therefore, Mat 19:5; τούτων, Act 26:21; τίνος ἕνεκεν, for what cause, wherefore, Act 19:32; before τοῦ with an infinitive expressing purpose (Winers Grammar, 329 (309); Buttmann, 266 (228)), 2Co 7:12; οὗ εἵνεκεν, because, Luk 4:18; cf. Meyer at the passage