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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. 1 Chronicles 23:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.

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  2. 1 Chronicles 23:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,

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  3. 1 Chronicles 23:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,

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  4. 1 Chronicles 24:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

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  5. 1 Chronicles 26:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth. For God had blessed Obed-edom.

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  6. 1 Chronicles 26:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.

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  7. 1 Chronicles 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

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  8. 1 Chronicles 27:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

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  9. 1 Chronicles 28:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’

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  10. 1 Chronicles 28:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

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  11. 1 Chronicles 28:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

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  12. 1 Chronicles 28:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.

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  13. 1 Chronicles 28:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

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  14. 1 Chronicles 28:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”

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  15. 1 Chronicles 28:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

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  16. 1 Chronicles 29:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

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  17. 1 Chronicles 29:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.

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  18. 1 Chronicles 29:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.

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  19. 1 Chronicles 29:14 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

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  20. 1 Chronicles 29:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

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  21. 1 Chronicles 29:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

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  22. 2 Chronicles 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

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  23. 2 Chronicles 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

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  24. 2 Chronicles 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

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  25. 2 Chronicles 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

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  26. 2 Chronicles 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

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    Source alternate reference: 2.4

  27. 2 Chronicles 2:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?

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    Source alternate reference: 2.5

  28. 2 Chronicles 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours

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    Source alternate reference: 2.7

  29. 2 Chronicles 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.

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    Source alternate reference: 2.8

  30. 2 Chronicles 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

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  31. 2 Chronicles 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,

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  32. 2 Chronicles 5:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

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  33. 2 Chronicles 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

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  34. 2 Chronicles 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

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  35. 2 Chronicles 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

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  36. 2 Chronicles 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

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  37. 2 Chronicles 6:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

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  38. 2 Chronicles 6:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,

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  39. 2 Chronicles 6:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

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  40. 2 Chronicles 6:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

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  41. 2 Chronicles 6:28 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

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  42. 2 Chronicles 6:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—

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  43. 2 Chronicles 6:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

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  44. 2 Chronicles 6:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

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  45. 2 Chronicles 6:36 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,

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  46. 2 Chronicles 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

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  47. 2 Chronicles 7:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

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  48. 2 Chronicles 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

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  49. 2 Chronicles 7:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.

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  50. 2 Chronicles 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

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