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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

Page 17 of 79. 3907 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Deuteronomy 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

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  2. Deuteronomy 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

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  3. Deuteronomy 17:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.

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  4. Deuteronomy 17:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant

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  5. Deuteronomy 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

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  6. Deuteronomy 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

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  7. Deuteronomy 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.

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  8. Deuteronomy 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

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  9. Deuteronomy 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.

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  10. Deuteronomy 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.

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  11. Deuteronomy 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.

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  12. Deuteronomy 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”

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  13. Deuteronomy 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,

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  14. Deuteronomy 19:6 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

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  15. Deuteronomy 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.

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  16. Deuteronomy 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

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  17. Deuteronomy 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

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  18. Deuteronomy 20:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

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  19. Deuteronomy 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

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  20. Deuteronomy 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.

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  21. Deuteronomy 20:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,

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  22. Deuteronomy 20:19 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?

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  23. Deuteronomy 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.

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  24. Deuteronomy 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

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  25. Deuteronomy 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.

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  26. Deuteronomy 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

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  27. Deuteronomy 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,

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  28. Deuteronomy 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

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  29. Deuteronomy 21:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

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  30. Deuteronomy 21:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

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  31. Deuteronomy 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

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  32. Deuteronomy 21:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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  33. Deuteronomy 22:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

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  34. Deuteronomy 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

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  35. Deuteronomy 22:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

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  36. Deuteronomy 22:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,

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  37. Deuteronomy 22:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

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  38. Deuteronomy 22:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

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  39. Deuteronomy 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

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  40. Deuteronomy 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

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  41. Deuteronomy 22:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

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  42. Deuteronomy 22:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

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  43. Deuteronomy 22:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

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  44. Deuteronomy 23:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.6

  45. Deuteronomy 23:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.8

  46. Deuteronomy 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.10

  47. Deuteronomy 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.11

  48. Deuteronomy 23:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.15

  49. Deuteronomy 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.19

  50. Deuteronomy 23:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.22

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