KJV dictionary & concordance
Causes, interests, or benefits; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of the persons or things named.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 18:26
Complete exact-word concordance
And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fiftie righteous, within the citie, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.
But I wil for their sakes remember the couenant of their Ancestours, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt, in the sight of the Heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not goe in thither.
1611 marginal noteNum. 20.12. and 27.14.
1611 marginal noteChap. 3.26. and 4.21. and 34.4.
But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not heare mee: and the LORD said vnto me, Let it suffice thee, speake no more vnto me of this matter.
1611 marginal noteNum. 20.12. Chap. 1.37.
Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
Furthermore, the LORD was angry with mee for your sakes, and sware that I should not goe ouer Iordan, and that I should not goe in vnto that good land which the LORD thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
And it shall bee when their fathers or their brethren come vnto vs to complaine, that we will say vnto them, Bee fauourable vnto them for our sakes: because we reserued not to each man his wife in the warre: for yee did not giue vnto them at this time, that you should be guiltie.
1611 marginal noteOr, gratifie vs in them.
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
Would ye tary for them till they were growen? would ye stay for them from hauing husbands? nay my daughters: for it grieueth me much for your sakes, that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. hope.
1611 marginal noteHebr. I haue much bitternes.
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
Hee suffered no man to doe them wrong: yea, hee reprooued kings for their sakes,
1611 marginal noteGen. 12.17. and 20.3.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
So shall the congregation of the people compasse thee about: for their sakes therefore returne thou on high.
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
He suffred no man to doe them wrong: yea he reproued kings for their sakes:
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