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 24:14: "let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto"
Genesis 24:41: "Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when to my kindred;"
Genesis 25:21: "the LORD for because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated"
Genesis 25:28: "loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved"
Genesis 25:30: "with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore"
Genesis 26:3: "and I will be thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all"
Genesis 26:7: "She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest,"
Genesis 26:7: "should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon."
Genesis 26:8: "And it came to pass, when he had been there a long that Abimelech king of the Philistines"
Genesis 26:9: "And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for"
Genesis 26:13: "and went forward, until until he became very great:"
Genesis 26:16: "Isaac, from us; for thou art much mightier than"
Genesis 26:20: "the name of the well Esek; because they strove with"
Genesis 26:22: "and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room"
Genesis 26:24: "thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply"
Genesis 26:28: "And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD with thee: and we said,"
Genesis 27:1: "And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, were dim, so that he could not see,"
Genesis 27:20: "it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to"
Genesis 27:23: "And he discerned him not, because his hands hairy, as his brother Esau's"
Genesis 27:36: "And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? me these two times:"
Genesis 28:6: "When Esau saw that Isaac Jacob, and sent him away"
Genesis 28:8: "And Esau seeing that the daughters pleased not Isaac"
Genesis 28:11: "And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because was set; and he took"
Genesis 28:15: "into this land; for I will not leave thee, until"
Genesis 28:17: "place! this is none other but the house of God, and this"
Genesis 29:2: "of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered"
Genesis 29:9: "with her father's sheep: for she kept"
Genesis 29:12: "And Jacob told Rachel that was her father's brother, and that"
Genesis 29:12: "was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran"
Genesis 29:15: "And Laban said unto Jacob, Because art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught?"
Genesis 29:21: "me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto"
Genesis 29:31: "And when the LORD saw that Leah he opened her womb:"
Genesis 29:32: "his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked"
Genesis 29:32: "Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now"
Genesis 29:32: "hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love"
Genesis 29:33: "and bore a son; Because the LORD hath heard that I"
Genesis 29:33: "Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me"
Genesis 29:34: "will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore"
Genesis 30:1: "And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, envied"
Genesis 30:9: "When Leah saw that she had left she took"
Genesis 30:13: "And Leah said, Happy am I, for will call me blessed: and she called"
Genesis 30:16: "him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes."
Genesis 30:20: "now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called"
Genesis 30:26: "I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest"
Genesis 30:30: " For it was little which thou hadst I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD"
Genesis 30:33: "answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face:"
Genesis 31:5: "countenance, that it is not toward me as before;"
Genesis 31:6: "And ye know that with all I have served your father."
Genesis 31:12: "are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that"
Genesis 31:15: "Are we not counted of him strangers? for us, and hath quite devoured also"
