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:
1 Samuel 17:36: "shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God."
1 Samuel 17:39: "his armor, and he attempted to go; for he had not proved it. And David"
1 Samuel 17:39: "Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved"
1 Samuel 17:42: "he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of"
1 Samuel 17:43: "David, a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?"
1 Samuel 17:46: "of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel."
1 Samuel 17:47: "this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword"
1 Samuel 17:47: "not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands."
1 Samuel 17:48: "And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and drew nigh to meet David,"
1 Samuel 18:12: "was afraid of David, because the LORD was with"
1 Samuel 18:16: "loved David, because he went out and came in before"
1 Samuel 18:18: "or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?"
1 Samuel 18:25: "desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged"
1 Samuel 18:28: "And Saul saw and knew that was with David, and that Michal"
1 Samuel 19:4: "sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works"
1 Samuel 19:4: "because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:"
1 Samuel 20:1: "and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?"
1 Samuel 20:3: "and said, certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes;"
1 Samuel 20:3: "liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death."
1 Samuel 20:6: "earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice"
1 Samuel 20:7: "but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by"
1 Samuel 20:8: "kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant"
1 Samuel 20:9: "And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for I knew certainly that"
1 Samuel 20:9: "from thee: for I knew certainly that evil were determined by"
1 Samuel 20:12: "God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about tomorrow"
1 Samuel 20:13: "and much to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee"
1 Samuel 20:17: "to swear because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul."
1 Samuel 20:18: "to David, Tomorrow is the new moon: because thy seat will be empty."
1 Samuel 20:21: "the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no"
1 Samuel 20:22: "the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away."
1 Samuel 20:26: "any thing day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not"
1 Samuel 20:26: "him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean."
1 Samuel 20:29: "And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother,"
1 Samuel 20:30: "rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse"
1 Samuel 20:31: " For as long as the son liveth upon"
1 Samuel 20:31: "send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die."
1 Samuel 20:33: "him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of"
1 Samuel 20:34: "meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David,"
1 Samuel 20:34: "for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame."
1 Samuel 21:4: "bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed"
1 Samuel 21:5: "the priest, unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three"
1 Samuel 21:5: "are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel."
1 Samuel 21:6: "So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for no bread there"
1 Samuel 21:6: "no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken"
1 Samuel 21:8: "spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword"
1 Samuel 21:8: "my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required"
1 Samuel 21:9: "if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here."
1 Samuel 21:15: "Have I need of mad men, that this fellow to play the mad man"
1 Samuel 22:6: "When Saul heard that David and the men that were with"
1 Samuel 22:8: " That all of you have conspired against that showeth"
