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כִּי

ki · for

Hebrew · Strong's H3588 · Conjunction · Sounds like: kee · 4,483 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • for H3588A 4,336
  • that if: except H3588B · combination of 137
  • for as that: since H3588C · combination of 10

Strong's 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; 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כִּי conj. that, for, when
1. that
2.
a. Of time, when, of the past
b. elsewhere כִּי has a force approximating to if, though it usu. represents a case as more likely to occur than אִם
c. when or if, with a concessive force, i.e. though
3. Because, since
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כִּי אם־
1. each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause:
a. that if
b. for if
2. (About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause—
a. limiting the prec. clause, except
b. the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic, so that the clause is no longer a limitation of the preceding clause but a contradiction of it: but rather, but
c. after an oath, surely
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as

Every occurrence

  1. Habakkuk 1:4 כִּ֤י ki · Small word: for

    Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

  2. Habakkuk 1:5 כִּי־ ki- · Small word: for

    Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

  3. Habakkuk 1:5 כִּ֥י ki · Small word: if

    Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

  4. Habakkuk 1:6 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

  5. Habakkuk 1:16 כִּ֤י ki · Small word: for

    Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.

  6. Habakkuk 2:3 כִּ֣י ki · Small word: for

    For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

  7. Habakkuk 2:3 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

  8. Habakkuk 2:5 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

  9. Habakkuk 2:8 כִּֽי ki · Small word: for

    Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

  10. Habakkuk 2:11 כִּי־ ki- · Small word: for

    For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

  11. Habakkuk 2:14 כִּ֚י ki · Small word: for

    For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

  12. Habakkuk 2:17 כִּ֣י ki · Small word: for

    For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

  13. Habakkuk 2:18 כִּ֤י ki · Small word: that

    What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

  14. Habakkuk 2:18 כִּ֣י ki · Small word: for

    What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

  15. Habakkuk 3:8 כִּ֤י ki · Small word: that

    Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?

  16. Habakkuk 3:17 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

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