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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. Ecclesiastes 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

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  2. Ecclesiastes 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

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  3. Ecclesiastes 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

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  4. Ecclesiastes 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

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  5. Ecclesiastes 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.

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  6. Ecclesiastes 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

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  7. Ecclesiastes 11:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

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  8. Ecclesiastes 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

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  9. Ecclesiastes 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

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  10. Ecclesiastes 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,

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  11. Ecclesiastes 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.

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  12. Ecclesiastes 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

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  13. Ecclesiastes 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

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  14. Song of Solomon 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

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  15. Song of Solomon 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

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  16. Song of Solomon 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

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  17. Song of Solomon 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

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  18. Song of Solomon 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

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  19. Isaiah 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

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  20. Isaiah 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?

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  21. Isaiah 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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  22. Isaiah 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

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  23. Isaiah 1:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

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  24. Isaiah 1:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.

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  25. Isaiah 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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  26. Isaiah 2:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

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  27. Isaiah 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—

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  28. Isaiah 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

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  29. Isaiah 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,

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  30. Isaiah 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”

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  31. Isaiah 3:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

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  32. Isaiah 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

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  33. Isaiah 3:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

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  34. Isaiah 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

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  35. Isaiah 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

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  36. Isaiah 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

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  37. Isaiah 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

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  38. Isaiah 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

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  39. Isaiah 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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  40. Isaiah 6:5 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

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  41. Isaiah 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

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  42. Isaiah 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

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  43. Isaiah 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”

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  44. Isaiah 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?

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  45. Isaiah 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

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  46. Isaiah 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

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  47. Isaiah 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.

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  48. Isaiah 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

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  49. Isaiah 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

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  50. Isaiah 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

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