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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 26 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. 1 Samuel 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.

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  2. 1 Samuel 20:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”

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  3. 1 Samuel 20:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”

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  4. 1 Samuel 20:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

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  5. 1 Samuel 20:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”

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  6. 1 Samuel 20:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

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  7. 1 Samuel 20:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.

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  8. 1 Samuel 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

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    Source alternate reference: 21.5

  9. 1 Samuel 21:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”

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    Source alternate reference: 21.6

  10. 1 Samuel 21:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.7

  11. 1 Samuel 21:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”

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    Source alternate reference: 21.9

  12. 1 Samuel 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

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    Source alternate reference: 21.10

  13. 1 Samuel 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”

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    Source alternate reference: 21.16

  14. 1 Samuel 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.

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  15. 1 Samuel 22:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”

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  16. 1 Samuel 22:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”

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  17. 1 Samuel 22:17 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

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  18. 1 Samuel 22:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.

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  19. 1 Samuel 22:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.

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  20. 1 Samuel 22:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”

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  21. 1 Samuel 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

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  22. 1 Samuel 23:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

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  23. 1 Samuel 23:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”

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  24. 1 Samuel 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

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  25. 1 Samuel 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.

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  26. 1 Samuel 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.

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  27. 1 Samuel 23:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

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  28. 1 Samuel 23:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”

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  29. 1 Samuel 23:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.

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  30. 1 Samuel 23:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

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  31. 1 Samuel 23:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

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  32. 1 Samuel 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

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    Source alternate reference: 24.7

  33. 1 Samuel 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’

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    Source alternate reference: 24.11

  34. 1 Samuel 24:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

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    Source alternate reference: 24.12

  35. 1 Samuel 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

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    Source alternate reference: 24.18

  36. 1 Samuel 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.

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    Source alternate reference: 24.20

  37. 1 Samuel 24:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

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    Source alternate reference: 24.21

  38. 1 Samuel 25:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

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  39. 1 Samuel 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.

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  40. 1 Samuel 25:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”

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  41. 1 Samuel 25:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

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  42. 1 Samuel 25:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

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  43. 1 Samuel 25:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

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  44. 1 Samuel 25:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,

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  45. 1 Samuel 25:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”

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  46. 1 Samuel 25:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

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  47. 1 Samuel 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,

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  48. 1 Samuel 26:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.

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  49. 1 Samuel 26:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

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  50. 1 Samuel 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

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