2001 Translation

ENEKA, eneka

Sounds Like: EH-neh-kah

Translations: because of, on account of, for the sake of

From the root: ΕΝΕΚΑ

Part of Speech: Preposition

Explanation: This word is a preposition that means 'because of,' 'on account of,' or 'for the sake of.' It is always followed by a noun or pronoun in the genitive case, indicating the reason or purpose for something. For example, one might say 'ΕΝΕΚΑ ΤΟΥ ΝΟΜΟΥ' (heneka tou nomou) meaning 'because of the law.'

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G1752 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:10

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 11:3
• Psalms — 5:9, 8:3, 24:7, 24:11, 26:11, 68:8, 68:19, 121:8, 121:9, 142:11
• Proverbs — 7:15
• Sirach — 38:17
• Matthew — 19:5
• Luke — 6:22
• Acts of the Apostles — 19:32, 26:21

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 5:27, 27:251, 27:252, 25:199, 34:237
• Book Two — 25:199, 34:237

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 1:32, 2:59
• Book 2 — 5:69, 6:147, 9:224
• Book 3 — 6:107
• Book 4 — 4:74, 8:261
• Book 5 — 1:92, 8:239
• Book 6 — 5:86
• Book 7 — 1:37
• Book 8 — 14:370
• Book 9 — 4:65, 13:264
• Book 10 — 10:192
• Book 11 — 5:176, 6:293
• Book 12 — 2:87, 6:232
• Book 13 — 6:190, 6:211, 10:294, 11:311, 16:431
• Book 14 — 10:227, 10:228, 10:232, 10:234, 10:237, 10:240, 15:445, 16:490
• Book 16 — 6:172, 10:306
• Book 19 — 1:26

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 7:4
• Book Three — 2:21
• Book Six — 2:77, 4:48

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 16:85, 61:316, 75:416

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 17:3

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 1:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Samuel — 12:21
• 1 Kings — 9:8
• Ezra (Alpha) — 8:21
• 2 Maccabees — 4:20, 8:15, 12:25
• Psalms — 5:9, 8:3, 24:7, 24:11, 26:11, 43:23, 47:12, 68:8, 68:19, 78:9, 108:21, 121:8, 121:9, 142:11
• Proverbs — 7:15
• Sirach — 38:17
• Ezekiel — 21:7, 40:4, 44:12
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 9:19
• Hosea — 13:6
• Amos — 1:11, 2:4, 6:10

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 12 — 4:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 1 — 3:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 19:5, 19:29
• Luke — 6:22
• Acts — 19:32, 26:21

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΝΕΚΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΕΙΝΕΚΕ — for the sake of, on account of, because of, for, concerning
• ΕΝΕ — on account of, for the sake of, because of, for
• ΕΝΕΚΑΣΤΟΣ — for the sake of, on account of, because of, for
• ΕΝΕΚΕ — for the sake of, on account of, because of, for, by reason of
• ΕΝΕΚΕΝΤΩΝ — on account of, for the sake of, because of, for
• ΝΕΚ — for the sake of, on account of, because of, for, therefore, wherefore
• ΝΕΚΑ — for the sake of, on account of, because of, for, therefore

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