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

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Proverbs 21:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
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Proverbs 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
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Proverbs 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
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Proverbs 22:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
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Proverbs 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
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Proverbs 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
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Proverbs 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
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Proverbs 23:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
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Proverbs 23:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
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Proverbs 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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Proverbs 23:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
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Proverbs 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
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Proverbs 23:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
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Proverbs 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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Proverbs 23:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
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Proverbs 23:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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Proverbs 23:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
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Proverbs 23:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
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Proverbs 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
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Proverbs 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
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Proverbs 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
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Proverbs 24:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
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Proverbs 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
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Proverbs 24:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
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Proverbs 24:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
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Proverbs 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
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Proverbs 25:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
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Proverbs 26:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
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Proverbs 27:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
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Proverbs 27:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
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Proverbs 27:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
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Proverbs 28:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
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Proverbs 29:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
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Proverbs 30:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
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Proverbs 30:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
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Proverbs 30:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
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Proverbs 30:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
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Proverbs 30:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
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Proverbs 31:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
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Proverbs 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
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Ecclesiastes 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
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Ecclesiastes 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
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Ecclesiastes 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
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Ecclesiastes 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
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Ecclesiastes 2:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
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Ecclesiastes 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
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Ecclesiastes 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
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Ecclesiastes 2:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
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