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Strong H35883 sensesכִּי

for · that if: except · for as that: since

Transliteration
kîy
Pronunciation
kee

The 3 senses of Strong H3588

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3588 appears in 43 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. forH3588Athat30 verses · 11 books
  2. that if: exceptכִּי [אם]H3588Bexcept if1 verse · Exodus
  3. for as that: sinceכִּי [עַל כֵּן]H3588Cthat, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, sinceNot in the KJV

General definition

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 conjugation or adverb; 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} {who} {yea} {yet}

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • for2
  • thee2
  • until2
  • that2
  • also1
  • although1
  • and1
  • as1
  • assuredly1
  • be1
  • but1
  • curseth1

First verses

  1. Genesis 1:4
    And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
  2. Genesis 2:3
    And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
  3. Genesis 2:5
    And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
  4. Genesis 4:12
    When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
  5. Genesis 4:24
    If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
  6. Genesis 4:25
    And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
  7. Genesis 17:15
    And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
  8. Genesis 27:36
    And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
  9. Genesis 29:32
    And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
  10. Genesis 31:37
    Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
  11. Genesis 49:10
    The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
  12. Exodus 3:12
    And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
  13. Exodus 5:11
    Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
  14. Exodus 10:4
    Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
  15. Exodus 13:17
    And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
  16. Exodus 23:9
    Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  17. Exodus 32:29
    For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
  18. Leviticus 13:18
    The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
  19. Leviticus 13:40
    And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
  20. Leviticus 20:27
    A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.