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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

Page 75 of 79. 3907 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Hosea 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

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  2. Hosea 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

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  3. Hosea 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

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  4. Hosea 9:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

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  5. Hosea 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

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  6. Hosea 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

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  7. Hosea 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

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  8. Hosea 10:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

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  9. Hosea 10:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.

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  10. Hosea 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

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  11. Hosea 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

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  12. Hosea 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.

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  13. Hosea 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

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  14. Hosea 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.

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  15. Hosea 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

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  16. Hosea 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.

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  17. Hosea 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

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  18. Hosea 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

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  19. Hosea 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

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    Source alternate reference: 14.1

  20. Hosea 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

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    Source alternate reference: 14.2

  21. Hosea 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

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    Source alternate reference: 14.5

  22. Hosea 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

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    Source alternate reference: 14.10

  23. Joel 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

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  24. Joel 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

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  25. Joel 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

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  26. Joel 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

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  27. Joel 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

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  28. Joel 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

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  29. Joel 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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  30. Joel 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

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  31. Joel 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

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  32. Joel 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

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  33. Joel 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

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  34. Joel 2:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—

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  35. Joel 2:11 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?

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  36. Joel 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

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  37. Joel 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

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  38. Joel 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.

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  39. Joel 2:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.

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  40. Joel 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

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  41. Joel 2:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.

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  42. Joel 2:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.

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    Source alternate reference: 3.5

  43. Joel 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,

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    Source alternate reference: 4.1

  44. Joel 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.8

  45. Joel 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.12

  46. Joel 3:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.13

  47. Joel 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.14

  48. Joel 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.17

  49. Amos 3:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

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  50. Amos 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.

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