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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

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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
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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
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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 32:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

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    Source alternate reference: 32.27

  2. Genesis 32:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

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    Source alternate reference: 32.29

  3. Genesis 32:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

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    Source alternate reference: 32.31

  4. Genesis 32:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

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    Source alternate reference: 32.33

  5. Genesis 33:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

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  6. Genesis 33:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

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  7. Genesis 33:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

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  8. Genesis 34:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

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  9. Genesis 34:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

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  10. Genesis 34:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

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  11. Genesis 34:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.

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  12. Genesis 35:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

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  13. Genesis 35:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

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  14. Genesis 35:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

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  15. Genesis 35:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

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  16. Genesis 36:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.

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  17. Genesis 37:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

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  18. Genesis 37:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

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  19. Genesis 37:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

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  20. Genesis 37:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

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  21. Genesis 37:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

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  22. Genesis 37:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

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  23. Genesis 38:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

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  24. Genesis 38:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

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  25. Genesis 38:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

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  26. Genesis 38:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

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  27. Genesis 38:16 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

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  28. Genesis 38:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.

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  29. Genesis 39:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

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  30. Genesis 39:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

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  31. Genesis 39:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

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  32. Genesis 39:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

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  33. Genesis 39:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

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  34. Genesis 40:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

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  35. Genesis 40:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

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  36. Genesis 40:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

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  37. Genesis 41:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.

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  38. Genesis 41:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.

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  39. Genesis 41:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

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  40. Genesis 41:49 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

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  41. Genesis 41:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”

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  42. Genesis 41:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

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  43. Genesis 41:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.

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  44. Genesis 42:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

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  45. Genesis 42:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

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  46. Genesis 42:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

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  47. Genesis 42:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

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  48. Genesis 42:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

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  49. Genesis 42:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

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  50. Genesis 42:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

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