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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. Isaiah 1:2 כִּ֥י ki · Small word: for

    Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  2. Isaiah 1:12 כִּ֣י ki · Small word: if

    When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

  3. Isaiah 1:15 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  4. Isaiah 1:20 כִּ֛י ki · Small word: for

    but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

  5. Isaiah 1:29 כִּ֣י ki · Small word: for

    For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

  6. Isaiah 1:30 כִּ֣י ki · Small word: for

    For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

  7. Isaiah 2:3 כִּ֤י ki · Small word: for

    And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

  8. Isaiah 2:6 כִּ֣י ki · Small word: for

    For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

  9. Isaiah 2:6 כִּ֤י ki · Small word: for

    For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

  10. Isaiah 2:12 כִּ֣י ki · Small word: for

    For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

  11. Isaiah 2:22 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  12. Isaiah 3:1 כִּי֩ ki · Small word: for

    For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

  13. Isaiah 3:6 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

  14. Isaiah 3:8 כִּ֤י ki · Small word: for

    For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

  15. Isaiah 3:8 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

  16. Isaiah 3:9 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

  17. Isaiah 3:10 כִּי־ ki- · Small word: that

    Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  18. Isaiah 3:10 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  19. Isaiah 3:11 כִּֽי־ ki- · Small word: for

    Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

  20. Isaiah 3:16 כִּ֤י ki · Small word: that

    Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

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