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)


  • Hosea 4:14 - I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom nor your spouses when they commit adultery when they commit whoredom for themselves are separated with harlots and they sacrifice therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall

  • Hosea 4:16 - heifer as a backsliding as a backsliding For Israel will feed now the LORD them as a lamb in a large place

  • Hosea 5:1 - Hear ye this O priests and hearken O house of Israel O house of the king and give ye ear for judgment is toward you because ye have been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor

  • Hosea 5:3 - I know Ephraim and Israel is not hid thou committest whoredom Ephraim is defiled and Israel

  • Hosea 5:4 - They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst the LORD of them and they have not known

  • Hosea 5:7 - against the LORD They have dealt treacherously children strange for they have begotten devour now shall a month them with their portions

  • Hosea 5:11 - is oppressed Ephraim and broken in judgment because he willingly walked after the commandment

  • Hosea 5:14 - as a lion For I will be unto Ephraim and as a young lion to the house of Judah I even I will tear I will take away and none shall rescue

  • Hosea 6:1 - and let us return unto the LORD for he hath torn and he will heal us he hath smitten and he will bind us up

  • Hosea 6:6 - mercy For I desired and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings

  • Hosea 6:9 - of robbers wait for a man And as troops so the company of priests in the way murder by consent lewdness for they commit

  • Hosea 7:1 - When I would have healed Israel was discovered then the iniquity of Ephraim and the wickedness of Samaria for they commit falsehood and the thief cometh in of robbers spoileth and the troop without

  • Hosea 7:6 - For they have made ready like an oven their heart whiles they lie in wait all the night sleepeth their baker in the morning it burneth fire as a flaming

  • Hosea 7:13 - Woe unto them! for they have fled from me destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me though I have redeemed them yet they have spoken lies

  • Hosea 7:14 - And they have not cried unto me with their heart when they howled upon their beds themselves for corn and wine they assemble and they rebel

  • Hosea 8:6 - For from Israel was it also the workman made it therefore it is not God shall be broken in pieces but the calf of Samaria

  • Hosea 8:7 - the wind For they have sown the whirlwind and they shall reap it hath no stalk the bud shall yield no meal if shall yield the strangers shall swallow it up

  • Hosea 8:9 - For they are gone up to Assyria a wild ass alone by himself Ephraim hath hired lovers

  • Hosea 8:10 - Yea though they have hired among the nations now will I gather them and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes

  • Hosea 8:11 - hath made many Because Ephraim altars shall be unto him to sin altars shall be unto him to sin