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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. Jeremiah 50:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

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  2. Jeremiah 50:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

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  3. Jeremiah 50:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

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  4. Jeremiah 50:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.

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  5. Jeremiah 50:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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  6. Jeremiah 50:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.

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  7. Jeremiah 50:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

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  8. Jeremiah 50:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

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  9. Jeremiah 51:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.

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  10. Jeremiah 51:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”

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  11. Jeremiah 51:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

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  12. Jeremiah 51:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”

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  13. Jeremiah 51:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.

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  14. Jeremiah 51:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

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  15. Jeremiah 51:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”

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  16. Jeremiah 51:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

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  17. Jeremiah 51:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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  18. Jeremiah 51:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

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  19. Jeremiah 51:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

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  20. Jeremiah 51:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.

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  21. Jeremiah 51:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”

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  22. Jeremiah 51:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.

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  23. Jeremiah 51:51 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”

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  24. Jeremiah 51:53 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.

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  25. Jeremiah 51:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.

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  26. Jeremiah 51:56 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

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  27. Jeremiah 51:62 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’

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  28. Jeremiah 52:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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  29. Lamentations 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

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  30. Lamentations 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.

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  31. Lamentations 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

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  32. Lamentations 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

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  33. Lamentations 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

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  34. Lamentations 1:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

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  35. Lamentations 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

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  36. Lamentations 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

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  37. Lamentations 1:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

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  38. Lamentations 1:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

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  39. Lamentations 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

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  40. Lamentations 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

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  41. Lamentations 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

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  42. Lamentations 3:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

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  43. Lamentations 3:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

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  44. Lamentations 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.

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  45. Lamentations 3:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

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  46. Lamentations 3:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

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  47. Lamentations 3:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.

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  48. Lamentations 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

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  49. Lamentations 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”

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  50. Lamentations 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

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