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:
2 Samuel 13:32: "the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for"
2 Samuel 13:32: "Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been"
2 Samuel 13:33: "the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead."
2 Samuel 13:39: "to go forth Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing"
2 Samuel 13:39: "he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead."
2 Samuel 14:1: "the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom."
2 Samuel 14:14: " For we must needs die, and are as water spilt which cannot"
2 Samuel 14:15: "unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said,"
2 Samuel 14:16: " For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand"
2 Samuel 14:17: "shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord"
2 Samuel 14:19: "from aught that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab,"
2 Samuel 14:22: "Today thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord,"
2 Samuel 14:26: "that he polled it: because the hair was heavy"
2 Samuel 15:8: " For thy servant vowed a vow at Geshur in Syria, saying,"
2 Samuel 15:14: "him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from"
2 Samuel 15:19: "and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile."
2 Samuel 15:21: "and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord"
2 Samuel 15:21: "whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be."
2 Samuel 16:3: "Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel"
2 Samuel 16:8: "thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man."
2 Samuel 16:10: "so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse"
2 Samuel 16:11: "of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more how much more now may this Benjamite"
2 Samuel 16:11: "how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden"
2 Samuel 16:18: "unto Absalom, but whom the LORD, and this people,"
2 Samuel 16:21: "and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands"
2 Samuel 17:8: "thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed"
2 Samuel 17:10: "is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel"
2 Samuel 17:10: "shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man,"
2 Samuel 17:11: " Therefore I counsel that all Israel gathered unto thee, from Dan"
2 Samuel 17:17: "and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come"
2 Samuel 17:21: "Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel"
2 Samuel 17:23: "And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel followed, he saddled his"
2 Samuel 17:29: "that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary,"
2 Samuel 18:3: "answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not"
2 Samuel 18:3: "if half of us die, will they care for us: but now"
2 Samuel 18:3: "now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succor"
2 Samuel 18:12: "against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai"
2 Samuel 18:16: "from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back"
2 Samuel 18:18: "which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to"
2 Samuel 18:19: "and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies."
2 Samuel 18:20: "day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's"
2 Samuel 18:31: "Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of"
2 Samuel 19:2: "was turned into mourning the people: for the people heard say that"
2 Samuel 19:6: "and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither"
2 Samuel 19:6: "For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for"
2 Samuel 19:6: "thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if"
2 Samuel 19:6: "for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all"
2 Samuel 19:7: "and speak unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if"
2 Samuel 19:7: "unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not"
2 Samuel 19:20: " For thy servant doth know that have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come"
