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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. Job 9:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

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  2. Job 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

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  3. Job 9:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

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  4. Job 10:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

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  5. Job 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—

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  6. Job 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

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  7. Job 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

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  8. Job 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:

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  9. Job 11:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.

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  10. Job 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

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  11. Job 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.

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  12. Job 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.

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  13. Job 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

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  14. Job 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!

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  15. Job 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

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  16. Job 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

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  17. Job 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.

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  18. Job 13:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.

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  19. Job 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.

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  20. Job 13:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

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  21. Job 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

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  22. Job 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

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  23. Job 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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  24. Job 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?

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  25. Job 15:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

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  26. Job 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

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  27. Job 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

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  28. Job 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

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  29. Job 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

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  30. Job 15:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

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  31. Job 15:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

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  32. Job 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

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  33. Job 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

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  34. Job 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

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  35. Job 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

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  36. Job 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

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  37. Job 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

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  38. Job 19:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

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  39. Job 19:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

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  40. Job 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

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  41. Job 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

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  42. Job 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

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  43. Job 21:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

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  44. Job 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

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  45. Job 21:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

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  46. Job 21:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

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  47. Job 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

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  48. Job 22:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

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  49. Job 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

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  50. Job 22:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

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