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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 25:3 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,

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  2. Ezekiel 25:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

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  3. Ezekiel 25:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,

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  4. Ezekiel 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’

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  5. Ezekiel 25:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.’

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  6. Ezekiel 25:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”

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  7. Ezekiel 26:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,

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  8. Ezekiel 26:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

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  9. Ezekiel 26:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.

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  10. Ezekiel 26:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’

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  11. Ezekiel 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

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  12. Ezekiel 28:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”

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  13. Ezekiel 28:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.

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  14. Ezekiel 28:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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  15. Ezekiel 28:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’

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  16. Ezekiel 28:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”

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  17. Ezekiel 29:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

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  18. Ezekiel 29:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’

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  19. Ezekiel 29:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.

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  20. Ezekiel 29:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”

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  21. Ezekiel 29:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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  22. Ezekiel 30:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

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  23. Ezekiel 30:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

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  24. Ezekiel 30:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.

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  25. Ezekiel 30:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

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  26. Ezekiel 30:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.

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  27. Ezekiel 30:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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  28. Ezekiel 31:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.

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  29. Ezekiel 31:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

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  30. Ezekiel 32:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!

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  31. Ezekiel 32:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’

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  32. Ezekiel 32:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

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  33. Ezekiel 32:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.

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  34. Ezekiel 32:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.

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  35. Ezekiel 32:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”

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  36. Ezekiel 33:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

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  37. Ezekiel 33:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’

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  38. Ezekiel 33:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

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  39. Ezekiel 33:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

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  40. Ezekiel 33:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

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  41. Ezekiel 33:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’

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  42. Ezekiel 33:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

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  43. Ezekiel 33:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

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  44. Ezekiel 34:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

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  45. Ezekiel 34:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.

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  46. Ezekiel 34:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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  47. Ezekiel 35:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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  48. Ezekiel 35:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

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  49. Ezekiel 35:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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  50. Ezekiel 35:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’

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