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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. Ezekiel 13:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

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  2. Ezekiel 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.

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  3. Ezekiel 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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  4. Ezekiel 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

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  5. Ezekiel 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,

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  6. Ezekiel 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.

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  7. Ezekiel 14:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

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  8. Ezekiel 14:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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  9. Ezekiel 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!

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  10. Ezekiel 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

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  11. Ezekiel 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

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  12. Ezekiel 16:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

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  13. Ezekiel 16:62 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,

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  14. Ezekiel 17:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’

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  15. Ezekiel 17:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”

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  16. Ezekiel 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

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  17. Ezekiel 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.

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  18. Ezekiel 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.

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  19. Ezekiel 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

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  20. Ezekiel 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

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  21. Ezekiel 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

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  22. Ezekiel 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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  23. Ezekiel 20:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.

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  24. Ezekiel 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

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  25. Ezekiel 20:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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  26. Ezekiel 20:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.

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  27. Ezekiel 20:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.

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  28. Ezekiel 20:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”

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  29. Ezekiel 20:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”

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    Source alternate reference: 21.4

  30. Ezekiel 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’

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    Source alternate reference: 21.10

  31. Ezekiel 21:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

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    Source alternate reference: 21.12

  32. Ezekiel 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.17

  33. Ezekiel 21:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.18

  34. Ezekiel 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.26

  35. Ezekiel 21:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”

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    Source alternate reference: 21.37

  36. Ezekiel 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

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  37. Ezekiel 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”

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  38. Ezekiel 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.

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  39. Ezekiel 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

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  40. Ezekiel 23:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hands of those you hate, from whom you turned away in disgust.

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  41. Ezekiel 23:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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  42. Ezekiel 23:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.

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  43. Ezekiel 23:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.

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  44. Ezekiel 23:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.

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  45. Ezekiel 23:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.

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  46. Ezekiel 23:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”

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  47. Ezekiel 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

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  48. Ezekiel 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”

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  49. Ezekiel 24:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’

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  50. Ezekiel 24:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

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