Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H3588: כִּי (kîy) Definition

Strong's number
H3588
Lemma
כִּי
Transliteration
kîy
Pronunciation
kee
Strong's definition
(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. a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

3910 instances of the word כִּי kîy (H3588)


  • Genesis 13:8 - said And Abram unto Lot no Let there be strife I pray thee between me and thee and between my herdmen I pray thee between me and thee and between my herdmen be brethren

  • Genesis 13:10 - lifted up And Lot his eyes and beheld all the plain of Jordan that it was well watered every where before destroyed of the LORD Sodom and Gomorrah even as the garden of the LORD like the land of Egypt as thou comest unto Zoar

  • Genesis 13:15 - For all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever

  • Genesis 13:17 - Arise walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it for I will give

  • Genesis 14:14 - heard And when Abram was taken captive that his brother he armed his trained servants born in his own house and eighteen three hundred and pursued them unto Dan

  • Genesis 15:4 - And behold the word of the LORD came unto him saying This shall not be thine heir but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels This shall not be thine heir

  • Genesis 15:8 - And he said Lord whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it

  • Genesis 15:13 - And he said unto Abram Know Know shall be a stranger that thy seed in a land that is not theirs and shall serve them and they shall afflict them four hundred years

  • Genesis 15:16 - generation But in the fourth again is not yet full for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet

  • Genesis 16:4 - And he went in unto Hagar and she conceived and when she saw and she conceived was despised her mistress in her eyes

  • Genesis 16:5 - said And Sarai unto Abram My wrong be upon thee I have given my maid into thy bosom and when she saw that she had conceived I was despised in her eyes judge the LORD

  • Genesis 16:11 - said And the angel because the LORD unto her Behold thou art with child and shalt bear a son and shalt call his name Ishmael hath heard because the LORD thy affliction

  • Genesis 16:13 - And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her Thou God seest me for she said Have I also here looked after him looked

  • Genesis 17:5 - any more be called Neither shall thy name Abram Neither shall thy name shall be Abraham for a father of many nations have I made thee

  • Genesis 17:15 - said And God unto Abraham As for Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call her name As for Sarai but Sarah her name

  • Genesis 18:5 - And I will fetch a morsel of bread and comfort ye your hearts after that for therefore are ye come to for therefore are ye come to your servant as thou hast said So do And they said

  • Genesis 18:15 - denied Then Sarah And he said Nay I laughed not for she was afraid And he said Nay I laughed

  • Genesis 18:19 - For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him and they shall keep the way of the LORD to do justice and judgment may bring of the LORD upon Abraham him that that which he hath spoken

  • Genesis 18:20 - said And the LORD Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin grievous is very

  • Genesis 19:2 - And he said Behold now my lords turn in house I pray you into your servant's Nay but we will abide and wash your feet and ye shall rise up early and go on your ways And he said in the street Nay but we will abide