because of

Greek Preposition

therefore, because of this, for this reason the acc. sg form of the noun χάριν which can be used as an improper preposition, on account of, because of, for this reason Lk. 7:47; Eph. 3:1, 14; 1Jn. 3:12; for the sake of, in order to, Gal. 3:19; Tit. 1:5, 11; Jude 16; on the score of, 1Tim. 5:14

because of

Greek Preposition

Included with: χάρις [ᾰ], ἡ, genitive χάρῐτος: accusative χάριν [ῑ in arsi, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; also χάριτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative χάρισι, χαρίτεσσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: (χαίρω):—grace: I) in objective sense, outward grace or fauour, beauty, properly of persons or their portraits, θεσπεσίην δ᾽ ἄρα τῷ γε χάριν κατεχεύατ᾽ Ἀθήνη [Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, graces, κάλλεϊ καὶ χάρισι στίλβων [Refs 8th c.BC+]gracefully, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of ear-rings, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of works, ἔργοισι χάριν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of words, οὔ οἱ χ. ἀμφιπεριστέφεται ἐπέεσσιν [Refs]; πλείστη δὲ χ. κατὰ μέτρον ἰούσης [γλώσσης] [Refs 8th c.BC+] I.2) glory, Φερενίκου χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) in subjective sense, grace or favour felt, whether on the part of the doer or the receiver (both senses appear in such phrases as ὅτ᾽. ἡ χάρις χάριν φέροι [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.1) on the part of the doer, grace, kindness, goodwill, τινος for or towards one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ χάριτι τῇ ἐμῇ not for any kind feeling towards me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ μεγάλα χ. δώρῳ σύν ὀλίγῳ [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; partiality, favour, μήτε ἔλεον μήτε συγγνώμην μήτε χ. μηδεμίαν περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῶν νόμων [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) more frequently on the part of the receiver, sense of favour received, thankfulness, gratitude, χάριν καὶ κῦδος ἄροιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινος for a thing, οὐδέ τίς ἐστι χάρις μετόπισθ᾽ εὐεργέων [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, οὐκ ἄρα τις χάρις ἦεν μάρνασθαι one has, it seems, no thanks for fighting, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χάριν εἰδέναι τινί to acknowledge a sense of favour, feel grateful, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τούτων for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, χ. ἔχειν σωθέντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χάριτας ἔχων πατρός owing him a debt of gratitude, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; what thanks will she have for? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ὀφείλειν to owe gratitude, be beholden, τοῖς θεοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν ἀθάνατον καταθέσθαι to lay up a store of undying gratitude, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν λαβεῖν τινος receive thanks from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινος for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς θεοῖς χάρις (i.e. ἐστί) ὅτι, thank the gods that, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) favour, influence, opposed to force, χάριτι τὸ πλέον ἢ φόβῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. καὶ δεήσει, opposed to ἀπειλῇ, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.4) love-charm, philtre, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III) in concrete sense, a favour done or returned, boon, χάριν φέρειν τινί confer a favour on one, do a thing to oblige him, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (so in middle, of the recipient,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν θέσθαι or τίθεσθαί τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνύσαι probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+], indulge, humour, ὀργῇ[Refs 5th c.BC+] return a favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to χάριν ἀπαιτεῖν to ask the repayment of a boon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἀποστερεῖν withhold a return for what one has received, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς αὑτοῦ εἰς τοὺς φίλους χ. the favours one has done them, [Refs]; χ. ἄχαρις α thankless favour, one which receives, or deserves, no thanks, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.b) grant made in legal form, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; αἱ τῶν Σεβαστῶν χ. imperial grants, [Refs 1st c.AD+] III.2) especially in erotic sense, of favours granted (see. χαρίζομαι 1.3), ἀλόχου χάριν ἰδεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βίᾳ δ᾽ ἔπραξας χάριτας ἢ πείσας κόρη; [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) gratification, delight, τινος in or from a thing, συμποσίου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also concrete, of things, a delight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to λύπη, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πόνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; less frequently in Prose, χ. καὶ ἡδονή [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) δαιμόνων χάρις homage due to them, their worship, majesty, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅρκων [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.2) thank-offering, εὐκταία χ. τινός, opposed to a common gift, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI) Special usages: VI.1) accusative singular as adverb, χ. τινός in any one's favour, for his pleasure, for his sake, χ. Ἕκτορος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψεύδεσθαι γλώσσης χ. for one's tongue's pleasure, i.e. for talking's sake, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely with Article, τὴν Ἀθηναίων χάριν ἐστρατεύοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI.1.b) as preposition, sometimes before its case (once in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. τίνο; [LXX+1st c.BC+], but mostly after, for the sake of, on behalf of, on account of, κακά νιν ἕλοιτο μοῖρα δυσπότμου χάριν χλιδᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ χάρι; for what reason? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἐμὴν χάριν, χάριν σήν, for my, thy pleasure or sake, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently with the Article, τὴν σὴν δ᾽ ἥκω χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χάριν τινός as far as regards, as to, ἔπους σμικροῦ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δακρύων χάριν if tears would serve, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, about, ἔπεμφεν ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν σου χ. τοῦ κτήματος about the farm, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]—Orig. an accusative in apposition with the sentence, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+], being a favour, since it is (was) a favour, as is evident in κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI.2) with Preps: VI.2.a) εἰς χάριν to do a pleasure, οὐδὲν ἐς χ. πράσσων [Refs 1st c.AD+] in such a way as to earn thanks. [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI.2.b) πράσσειν τί τινι πρὸς χάριν [Refs 5th c.BC+] for the sake of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς χ, opposed to κλαίων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς χ. alone, as a favour, freely, πρὸς χ. τε κοὐ βίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χ. to their heart's content, [Refs] VI.2.c) ἐν χάριτι κρίνειν τινά to decide from partiality to one, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but also, for one's gratification, pleasure, ἐν χάριτι διδόναι or ποιεῖν τινί τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]gratefully, [Refs] VI.2.d) διὰ χαρίτων εἶναι or γίγνεσθαί [τινι] to be pleasing to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI.2.e) ἐθελοντὶ καὶ μετὰ χάριτος of pure good will, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VII) metaphorically of the cypress, [Refs]; of some kind of myrtle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of salt, ὅτι τὸ ἀναγκαῖον ἡδὺ ποιοῦσιν (i.e. ἅλες) [Refs 1st c.AD+] B) Χάρις, ἡ, as a mythological proper name declined like{χάρις}, save that the accusative is generally Χάριτα (except [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Charis, wife of Hephaestus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; mostly in plural Χάριτες, αἱ, the Graces, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; three in number, [Refs 8th c.BC+], as a compliment, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; attendants of Aphrodite, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; coupled with Μοῦσαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι, i.e. like that of the Graces, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; worshipped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, Ἐτεόκλειοι Χάριτες θεαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: but at Lacedaemon and Athens only two were originally worshipped, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Preposition

through favor of, i.e. on account of; be-(for) cause of, for sake of, +…fore, X reproachfully; accusative case of g5485 (χάρις) as preposition