Strong's #3588: kiy (pronounced kee)
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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kı̂y
1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore
Part of Speech: conjunction
Relation: a primitive particle
Usage:
This word is used 4454 times:
Genesis 13:8: "me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we be brethren."
Genesis 13:10: "all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD"
Genesis 13:15: " For all the land thou seest, to thee will I give"
Genesis 13:17: "through the land in the length of it; for I will give"
Genesis 14:14: "And when Abram heard that his brother he armed his trained"
Genesis 15:4: "This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels"
Genesis 15:8: "GOD, whereby that I shall inherit"
Genesis 15:13: "And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that shall be a stranger"
Genesis 15:16: "But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for of the Amorites is not"
Genesis 16:4: "Hagar, and she conceived: that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes."
Genesis 16:5: "my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD"
Genesis 16:11: "and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction."
Genesis 16:13: "her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked"
Genesis 17:5: "but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made"
Genesis 17:15: "her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name"
Genesis 18:5: "after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to"
Genesis 18:15: "saying, I laughed for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but"
Genesis 18:15: "she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh."
Genesis 18:19: " For I know him, that he will command his children and his household"
Genesis 18:20: "And the LORD said, Because the cry and Gomorrah is great, and because"
Genesis 18:20: "and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;"
Genesis 19:2: "on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night."
Genesis 19:8: "unto these men do nothing; for therefore"
Genesis 19:13: " For we will destroy place, because the cry"
Genesis 19:13: "place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face"
Genesis 19:14: "of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city."
Genesis 19:22: "Haste thee, escape thither; for do any thing"
Genesis 19:30: "and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar:"
Genesis 20:6: "I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart;"
Genesis 20:7: "therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for"
Genesis 20:7: "thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all"
Genesis 20:9: "hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom"
Genesis 20:10: "Abraham, sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?"
Genesis 20:11: "And Abraham said, Because I thought, the fear of God is not"
Genesis 20:18: " For the LORD had fast closed up all of the house"
Genesis 21:7: "unto Abraham, should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age."
Genesis 21:10: "this and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not"
Genesis 21:12: "unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called."
Genesis 21:13: "of the bondwoman a nation, because he is thy seed."
Genesis 21:16: "over against him a good way off, for she said, Let me not"
Genesis 21:17: "aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice"
Genesis 21:18: "him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation."
Genesis 21:30: "And he said, For these seven shalt thou take of my hand,"
Genesis 21:30: "of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this"
Genesis 21:31: "he called that place because there they swore both"
Genesis 22:12: "neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou"
Genesis 22:12: "unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not"
Genesis 22:16: "By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done"
Genesis 22:17: " That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying thy seed as the stars"
Genesis 24:4: " But thou shalt go unto my country, my kindred, and take a wife"
