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:
Ruth 1:10: "And they said unto her, Surely we will return with"
Ruth 1:12: "Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for to have a husband."
Ruth 1:12: "to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope,"
Ruth 1:13: "from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for"
Ruth 1:13: "for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out"
Ruth 1:16: "thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest,"
Ruth 1:17: "so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me."
Ruth 1:18: "When she saw that she was steadfastly minded with her, then she left speaking"
Ruth 1:20: "call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly"
Ruth 2:13: "favor in thy sight, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly"
Ruth 2:13: "for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid,"
Ruth 2:22: "It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet"
Ruth 3:9: "therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman."
Ruth 3:11: "to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know"
Ruth 3:11: "the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman."
Ruth 3:12: "And now And now it is true that I howbeit"
Ruth 3:12: "And now it is true that I howbeit"
Ruth 3:14: "And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor."
Ruth 3:17: "six measures of barley he me; for he said to me, Go not"
Ruth 3:18: "how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest,"
Ruth 3:18: "for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing"
Ruth 4:4: "thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside"
Ruth 4:6: "redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem"
Ruth 4:9: "Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that"
Ruth 4:15: "and a nourisher thine old age: for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which"
1 Samuel 1:5: "a worthy for he loved Hannah: but the LORD"
1 Samuel 1:6: "her sore, make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb."
1 Samuel 1:12: "And it came to pass, as she continued praying the LORD, that Eli marked"
1 Samuel 1:16: "thine handmaid a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint"
1 Samuel 1:20: "his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD."
1 Samuel 1:22: "But Hannah went not up; for she said I will not go up until the child"
1 Samuel 2:1: "is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation."
1 Samuel 2:2: "There is none holy as the LORD: for beside thee: neither is there any rock"
1 Samuel 2:3: "so exceeding proudly; come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God"
1 Samuel 2:8: "them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth"
1 Samuel 2:9: "and the wicked in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail."
1 Samuel 2:15: "have sodden flesh of thee, but raw."
1 Samuel 2:16: "as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if"
1 Samuel 2:17: "before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering"
1 Samuel 2:21: " And the LORD visited so that she conceived, and bore three"
1 Samuel 2:24: "Nay, my sons; for it is no report that I"
1 Samuel 2:25: "they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay"
1 Samuel 2:30: "but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise"
1 Samuel 3:5: "Eli, and said, am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not;"
1 Samuel 3:6: "Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not,"
1 Samuel 3:8: "Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that"
1 Samuel 3:8: "thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child."
1 Samuel 3:9: "he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel"
1 Samuel 3:10: "Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth."
1 Samuel 3:13: "For I have told him that I will judge his house forever"
