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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 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

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  2. Genesis 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

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  3. Genesis 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

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  4. Genesis 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

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  5. Genesis 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

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  6. Genesis 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

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  7. Genesis 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

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  8. Genesis 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

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  9. Genesis 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

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  10. Genesis 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

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  11. Genesis 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”

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  12. Genesis 18:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”

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  13. Genesis 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

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  14. Genesis 18:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

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  15. Genesis 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

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  16. Genesis 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

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  17. Genesis 19:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

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  18. Genesis 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

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  19. Genesis 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

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  20. Genesis 19:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

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  21. Genesis 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

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  22. Genesis 20:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”

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  23. Genesis 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”

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  24. Genesis 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”

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  25. Genesis 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’

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  26. Genesis 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.

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  27. Genesis 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

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  28. Genesis 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

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  29. Genesis 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

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  30. Genesis 21:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

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  31. Genesis 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

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  32. Genesis 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

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  33. Genesis 21:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

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  34. Genesis 21:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

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  35. Genesis 21:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

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  36. Genesis 22:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

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  37. Genesis 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

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  38. Genesis 22:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

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  39. Genesis 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

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  40. Genesis 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

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  41. Genesis 24:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’

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  42. Genesis 25:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

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  43. Genesis 25:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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  44. Genesis 25:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

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  45. Genesis 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

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  46. Genesis 26:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”

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  47. Genesis 26:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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  48. Genesis 26:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

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  49. Genesis 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

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  50. Genesis 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

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