heneka · because of

What it means

heneka (ἕνεκα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “because of”.

On account of, for the sake of.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Points to the reason why something is done or happens.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sake of ×12
• because of ×4
• sake ×3
• this reason ×2
• account of ×1
• that ×1
• why ×1

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×5
• Luke×4
• Acts×3
• Romans×2
• 2 Corinthians×3

• Matthew 5:10

  Happy are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

• Matthew 5:11

  Happy are you when they insult you and persecute you and say every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.

• Matthew 10:18

  and you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and to the nations.

• Matthew 10:39

  The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life for my sake will find it.

• Matthew 16:25

  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me will find it.

• Matthew 19:5

  and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

• Matthew 19:29

  And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

• Mark 8:35

  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me and the good news will save it.

• Mark 10:7

  ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

• Mark 10:29

  Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for the sake of me and for the sake of the good news

• Mark 13:9

  But watch yourselves; they will hand you over to councils, and in synagogues you will be beaten, and before governors and kings you will stand for the sake of me, as a testimony to them.

• Luke 6:22

  Happy are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

• Luke 9:24

  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me, that one will save it.

• Luke 18:29

  And he said to them, “Truly I tell you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

• Luke 21:12

  But before all these things they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons, you being led away before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

• Acts 19:32

  So some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

• Acts 26:21

  Because of these things Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

• Acts 28:20

  For this reason, therefore, I have called for you, to see you and speak with you; for because of the hope of Israel I am wearing this chain.”

• Romans 8:36

  As it is written: For your sake we are being put to death all the day; we were counted as sheep for slaughter.

• Romans 14:20

  Do not, for the sake of food, tear down the work of God. All things are indeed clean, but it is evil for the person who eats with stumbling.

• 2 Corinthians 7:12

  So even though I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did wrong nor for the sake of the one who was wronged but so that your earnestness for us might be made manifest to you before God.

And 3 more times.