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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. Isaiah 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

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  2. Isaiah 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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  3. Isaiah 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

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  4. Isaiah 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

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    Source alternate reference: 8.23

  5. Isaiah 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.3

  6. Isaiah 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.4

  7. Isaiah 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.5

  8. Isaiah 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.16

  9. Isaiah 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.17

  10. Isaiah 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

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  11. Isaiah 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

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  12. Isaiah 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

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  13. Isaiah 10:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

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  14. Isaiah 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

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  15. Isaiah 10:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.

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  16. Isaiah 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”

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  17. Isaiah 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

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  18. Isaiah 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

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  19. Isaiah 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

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  20. Isaiah 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.

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  21. Isaiah 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth.

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  22. Isaiah 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

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  23. Isaiah 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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  24. Isaiah 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

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  25. Isaiah 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

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  26. Isaiah 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.

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  27. Isaiah 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

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  28. Isaiah 14:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.

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  29. Isaiah 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

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  30. Isaiah 14:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

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  31. Isaiah 15:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!

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  32. Isaiah 15:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

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  33. Isaiah 15:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.

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  34. Isaiah 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.

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  35. Isaiah 15:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.

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  36. Isaiah 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

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  37. Isaiah 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.

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  38. Isaiah 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

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  39. Isaiah 16:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

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  40. Isaiah 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

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  41. Isaiah 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

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  42. Isaiah 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

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  43. Isaiah 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.

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  44. Isaiah 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

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  45. Isaiah 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

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  46. Isaiah 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

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  47. Isaiah 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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  48. Isaiah 22:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

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  49. Isaiah 22:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

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  50. Isaiah 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

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