Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἕνεκα

Preposition; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕνεκα

Sense

  1. (+ genitive) on account of, for the sake of, because of
  2. (+ genitive) with regard to, as far as regards, as for

Examples

  • λίγο εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸσ καθ̓ ὕπνον. κἀγὼ ἔγνων ὅτι ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ ἐποίησασ τοῦτο, καὶ ἐφεισάμην σου τοῦ μὴ ἁμαρτεῖν σε εἰσ ἐμέ. ἕνεκα τούτου οὐκ ἀφῆκά σε ἅψασθαι αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:6)
  • καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ Δαυὶδ λέγοντεσ. εὐλόγησε Κύριοσ τὸν οἶκον Ἀβεδδαρὰ καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ ἕνεκα τῆσ κιβωτοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυὶδ καὶ ἀνήγαγε τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Ἀβεδδαρὰ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν Δαυὶδ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 6:12)
  • καὶ εἶπαν οἱ παῖδεσ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ αὐτόν. τί τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, ὃ ἐποίησασ ἕνεκα τοῦ παιδαρίου̣ ἔτι ζῶντοσ ἐνήστευεσ καὶ ἔκλαιεσ καὶ ἠγρύπνεισ, καὶ ἡνίκα ἀπέθανε τὸ παιδάριον, ἀνέστησ καὶ ἔφαγεσ ἄρτον καὶ πέπωκασ̣ (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 12:21)
  • καὶ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἔτι ζῶν ἔλαβε καὶ ἔστησεν ἑαυτῷ τὴν στήλην, ἐν ᾗ ἐλήφθη, καὶ ἐστήλωσεν αὐτὴν λαβεῖν τὴν στήλην τὴν ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τοῦ βασιλέωσ, ὅτι εἶπεν. οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ υἱὸσ ἕνεκα τοῦ ἀναμνῆσαι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὴν στήλην Χεὶρ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 18:18)
  • πιστώσαντοσ δὲ αὐτοῦ διὰ πλειόνων τὸν ὁρισμὸν ἀποκαταστήσειν τούτουσ ἀπημάντουσ, ἀπέλυσαν αὐτὸν ἕνεκα τῆσ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σωτηρίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:25)

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