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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 45 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. Psalms 8:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

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    Source alternate reference: 8.5

  2. Psalms 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.5

  3. Psalms 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.11

  4. Psalms 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.13

  5. Psalms 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.19

  6. Psalms 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

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  7. Psalms 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

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  8. Psalms 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

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  9. Psalms 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

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  10. Psalms 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

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  11. Psalms 12:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

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    Source alternate reference: 12.2

  12. Psalms 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

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    Source alternate reference: 13.5

  13. Psalms 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.

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  14. Psalms 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.

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  15. Psalms 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.

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  16. Psalms 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

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  17. Psalms 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

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  18. Psalms 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

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  19. Psalms 17:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

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  20. Psalms 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.8

  21. Psalms 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.18

  22. Psalms 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.20

  23. Psalms 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.22

  24. Psalms 18:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.23

  25. Psalms 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.28

  26. Psalms 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.29

  27. Psalms 18:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.30

  28. Psalms 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

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    Source alternate reference: 18.32

  29. Psalms 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.

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    Source alternate reference: 20.7

  30. Psalms 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.4

  31. Psalms 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.7

  32. Psalms 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.8

  33. Psalms 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.12

  34. Psalms 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.13

  35. Psalms 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

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    Source alternate reference: 22.9

  36. Psalms 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.10

  37. Psalms 22:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.12

  38. Psalms 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.17

  39. Psalms 22:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.25

  40. Psalms 22:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.29

  41. Psalms 22:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.32

  42. Psalms 23:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

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  43. Psalms 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

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  44. Psalms 25:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

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  45. Psalms 25:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.

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  46. Psalms 25:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

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  47. Psalms 25:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.

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  48. Psalms 25:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.

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  49. Psalms 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.

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  50. Psalms 25:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.

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