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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 43:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

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  2. Isaiah 43:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

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  3. Isaiah 43:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

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  4. Isaiah 44:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

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  5. Isaiah 44:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

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  6. Isaiah 44:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

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  7. Isaiah 44:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.

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  8. Isaiah 44:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

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  9. Isaiah 44:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

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  10. Isaiah 45:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

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  11. Isaiah 45:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

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  12. Isaiah 45:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.

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  13. Isaiah 45:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

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  14. Isaiah 45:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.

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  15. Isaiah 46:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.

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  16. Isaiah 47:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

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  17. Isaiah 47:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

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  18. Isaiah 48:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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  19. Isaiah 48:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

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  20. Isaiah 48:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

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  21. Isaiah 48:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

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  22. Isaiah 49:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

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  23. Isaiah 49:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

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  24. Isaiah 49:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.

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  25. Isaiah 49:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

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  26. Isaiah 49:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

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  27. Isaiah 49:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

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  28. Isaiah 49:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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  29. Isaiah 50:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

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  30. Isaiah 51:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

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  31. Isaiah 51:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

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  32. Isaiah 51:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.

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  33. Isaiah 51:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

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  34. Isaiah 51:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

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  35. Isaiah 52:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

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  36. Isaiah 52:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”

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  37. Isaiah 52:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

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  38. Isaiah 52:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

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  39. Isaiah 52:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”

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  40. Isaiah 52:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.

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  41. Isaiah 52:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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  42. Isaiah 52:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.

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  43. Isaiah 52:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

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  44. Isaiah 53:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

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  45. Isaiah 54:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

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  46. Isaiah 54:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.

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  47. Isaiah 54:4 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

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  48. Isaiah 54:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

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  49. Isaiah 54:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.

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  50. Isaiah 54:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

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