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

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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 47 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.

Psalms 42:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
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Source alternate reference: 42.5
Psalms 42:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
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Source alternate reference: 42.6
Psalms 42:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
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Source alternate reference: 42.12
Psalms 43:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
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Psalms 43:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
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Psalms 44:3 · BSB · 3 occurrences
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
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Source alternate reference: 44.4
Psalms 44:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
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Source alternate reference: 44.7
Psalms 44:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
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Source alternate reference: 44.8
Psalms 44:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
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Source alternate reference: 44.20
Psalms 44:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
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Source alternate reference: 44.22
Psalms 44:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Source alternate reference: 44.23
Psalms 44:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
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Source alternate reference: 44.26
Psalms 45:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
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Source alternate reference: 45.12
Psalms 46:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
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Source alternate reference: 46.11
Psalms 47:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
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Source alternate reference: 47.3
Psalms 47:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.
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Source alternate reference: 47.8
Psalms 47:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
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Source alternate reference: 47.10
Psalms 48:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
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Source alternate reference: 48.5
Psalms 48:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
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Source alternate reference: 48.15
Psalms 49:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
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Source alternate reference: 49.11
Psalms 49:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
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Source alternate reference: 49.16
Psalms 49:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
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Source alternate reference: 49.17
Psalms 49:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
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Source alternate reference: 49.18
Psalms 49:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul—and men praise you when you prosper—
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Source alternate reference: 49.19
Psalms 50:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
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Psalms 50:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
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Psalms 50:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
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Psalms 51:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
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Source alternate reference: 51.5
Psalms 51:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
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Source alternate reference: 51.18
Psalms 52:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.
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Source alternate reference: 52.11
Psalms 53:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
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Source alternate reference: 53.6
Psalms 54:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
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Source alternate reference: 54.5
Psalms 54:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
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Source alternate reference: 54.8
Psalms 54:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
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Source alternate reference: 54.9
Psalms 55:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.
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Source alternate reference: 55.4
Psalms 55:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
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Source alternate reference: 55.10
Psalms 55:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
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Source alternate reference: 55.13
Psalms 55:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
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Source alternate reference: 55.16
Psalms 55:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
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Source alternate reference: 55.19
Psalms 56:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
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Source alternate reference: 56.2
Psalms 56:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
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Source alternate reference: 56.3
Psalms 56:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
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Source alternate reference: 56.10
Psalms 56:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
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Source alternate reference: 56.14
Psalms 57:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
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Source alternate reference: 57.2
Psalms 57:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
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Source alternate reference: 57.11
Psalms 58:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
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Source alternate reference: 58.11
Psalms 59:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
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Source alternate reference: 59.4
Psalms 59:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
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Source alternate reference: 59.8
Psalms 59:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.
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Source alternate reference: 59.10
Psalms 59:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
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Source alternate reference: 59.14

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