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ki H3588

כִּי (ki) means “for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

כִּי Hebrew · H3588 4,482 tagged occurrences in 3,907 verses

Pronunciation guide: kee Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3588A

כִּי · ki · for

1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

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TBESH · H3588B

כִּי [אם] · ki im · that if: except

1) except if 1a) but if 1b) even though

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TBESH · H3588C

כִּי [עַל כֵּן] · ki [al ken] · for as that: since

1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

KJV glosses: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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How translators render H3588

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
for 1765
that 571
because 518
when 192
if 120
but 117
since 89
though 53
indeed 37
surely 37
instead 24
and 22
but if 21
except 21
although 19
yet 18
how 14
even 13
vvv 13
and that 12
but only 10
so 10
yes 10
and if 9
so that 9
and when 8
even though 7
now if 7
to 7
who 7
as 6
now 6
only 5
saying 5
then 5
unless 5
or 4
rather 4
therefore 4
after 3
and because 3
and since 3
by 3
even if 3
for when 3
however 3
just because 3
like 3
nevertheless 3
suppose 3
than 3
whenever 3
about 2
and how 2
and indeed 2
as for 2
but when 2
for if 2
for though 2
from 2
how then 2
if you had not 2
in 2
in fact 2
now that 2
then that 2
while 2
without 2
you 2
after all 1
all that 1
and although 1
and became 1
and being 1
and even if 1
and know that 1
and so 1
and though 1
and whether 1
are indeed 1
as surely as 1
as to 1
as well 1
at how 1
at last 1
at least 1
because of 1
because of what 1
because this will mean that 1
because you 1
because you are 1
behalf 1
but a famine 1
but acted 1
but because 1
but i will punish you for 1
but it is because 1
but rather 1
can even 1
do as follows 1
do not 1
even when 1
exactly 1
except as a place 1
for as 1
for even 1
for in so doing 1
for in that 1
for it is 1
for it was 1
for moses had said 1
for otherwise 1
for surely 1
for their 1
for then 1
for they hear 1
for they said 1
for we have indeed 1
for which 1
forsaking me 1
from other duties 1
from you 1
has surely 1
have 1
have i ever 1
he had only 1
him 1
how much more 1
i even 1
i will surely 1
if however 1
if they ever 1
if we had not 1
in egypt 1
instead they will say 1
is he not rightly 1
is that 1
it is 1
it was 1
it was because 1
it will surely 1
man because 1
more so 1
moreover said the women when 1
no 1
not only 1
now suppose 1
now when 1
of him who 1
of it 1
of the abomination 1
of the one 1
once 1
one 1
one but 1
or if 1
or when 1
other than 1
otherwise 1
out because 1
place unless 1
really 1
saying because 1
saying indeed 1
shall 1
so since 1
so when 1
spring from 1
that if 1
that it was i 1
that this 1
that when 1
that with which 1
the only 1
then surely 1
then when 1
there 1
they even 1
this is what 1
this is why 1
to have this 1
to him because 1
to listen 1
too 1
too great 1
truly 1
until 1
was from 1
was he not 1
we did this because 1
what was happening 1
whether 1
which was given this name because 1
who are indeed 1
who indeed 1
why 1
will it be when 1
will surely 1
with 1
with them 1
you must only 1
you that 1
you when 1
you will indeed 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
for 2
that 2
until 2
also in which 1
although 1
and 1
and the man 1
as 1
assuredly 1
but 1
curseth 1
doubtless 1
else 1
even 1
for me than that 1
for thee so that 1
forasmuch 1
how 1
if 1
in that 1
inasmuch as 1
is not he rightly 1
it because 1
it whether thou refuse 1
it yet 1
nevertheless 1
now 1
now therefore 1
seeing 1
since 1
surely 1
that hath 1
them 1
there why then 1
though 1
till 1
truly 1
unto thee that 1
when 1
whereas 1
while 1
whom 1
yea 1

Verses containing H3588

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  1. Genesis 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

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  2. Genesis 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

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  3. Genesis 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

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  4. Genesis 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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  5. Genesis 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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  6. Genesis 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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  7. Genesis 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

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  8. Genesis 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

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  9. Genesis 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

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  10. Genesis 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

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  11. Genesis 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

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  12. Genesis 3:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

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  13. Genesis 3:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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  14. Genesis 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

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  15. Genesis 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

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  16. Genesis 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

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  17. Genesis 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

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  18. Genesis 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

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  19. Genesis 3:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

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  20. Genesis 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.

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  21. Genesis 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

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  22. Genesis 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

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  23. Genesis 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

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  24. Genesis 4:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

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  25. Genesis 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

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  26. Genesis 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

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  27. Genesis 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

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  28. Genesis 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

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  29. Genesis 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

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  30. Genesis 6:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

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  31. Genesis 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

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  32. Genesis 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

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  33. Genesis 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

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  34. Genesis 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

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  35. Genesis 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.

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  36. Genesis 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

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  37. Genesis 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

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  38. Genesis 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

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  39. Genesis 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

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  40. Genesis 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

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  41. Genesis 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

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  42. Genesis 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

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  43. Genesis 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

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  44. Genesis 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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  45. Genesis 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

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  46. Genesis 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

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  47. Genesis 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.

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  48. Genesis 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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  49. Genesis 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

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  50. Genesis 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”

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