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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. Deuteronomy 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

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  2. Deuteronomy 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

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  3. Deuteronomy 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.

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  4. Deuteronomy 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

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  5. Deuteronomy 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—

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  6. Deuteronomy 4:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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  7. Deuteronomy 4:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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  8. Deuteronomy 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

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  9. Deuteronomy 4:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?

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  10. Deuteronomy 4:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.

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  11. Deuteronomy 4:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

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  12. Deuteronomy 4:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

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  13. Deuteronomy 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

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  14. Deuteronomy 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:

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  15. Deuteronomy 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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  16. Deuteronomy 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

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  17. Deuteronomy 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

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  18. Deuteronomy 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.

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  19. Deuteronomy 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.

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  20. Deuteronomy 5:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

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  21. Deuteronomy 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,

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  22. Deuteronomy 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

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  23. Deuteronomy 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

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  24. Deuteronomy 6:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”

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  25. Deuteronomy 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

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  26. Deuteronomy 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.

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  27. Deuteronomy 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

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  28. Deuteronomy 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

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  29. Deuteronomy 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

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  30. Deuteronomy 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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  31. Deuteronomy 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

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  32. Deuteronomy 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

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  33. Deuteronomy 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”

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  34. Deuteronomy 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

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  35. Deuteronomy 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.

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  36. Deuteronomy 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

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  37. Deuteronomy 8:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

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  38. Deuteronomy 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

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  39. Deuteronomy 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

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  40. Deuteronomy 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

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  41. Deuteronomy 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

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  42. Deuteronomy 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.

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  43. Deuteronomy 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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  44. Deuteronomy 9:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.

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  45. Deuteronomy 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”

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  46. Deuteronomy 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.

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  47. Deuteronomy 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.

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  48. Deuteronomy 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

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  49. Deuteronomy 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

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  50. Deuteronomy 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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