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:
Ezra 10:4: "Arise; for this matter belongeth unto also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do"
Ezra 10:6: "bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression"
Ezra 10:13: "day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing."
Nehemiah 2:2: "sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very"
Nehemiah 2:12: "neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I"
Nehemiah 4:1: "that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall,"
Nehemiah 4:4: "Hear, O our God; for we are and turn their reproach upon"
Nehemiah 4:5: "and let not be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before"
Nehemiah 4:7: "and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up,"
Nehemiah 4:7: "the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped,"
Nehemiah 4:15: "when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to naught,"
Nehemiah 5:18: "required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon"
Nehemiah 6:1: "and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no"
Nehemiah 6:8: "done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart."
Nehemiah 6:9: " For they all made us afraid, saying, shall be weakened from"
Nehemiah 6:10: "the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night"
Nehemiah 6:12: "that God had not him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah"
Nehemiah 6:16: "cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of"
Nehemiah 6:18: " For there were many in Judah sworn he was the son in law"
Nehemiah 6:18: "there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah"
Nehemiah 7:2: "charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared"
Nehemiah 8:5: "in the sight the people; (for he was above all"
Nehemiah 8:9: "not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard"
Nehemiah 8:10: "portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither"
Nehemiah 8:10: "unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Nehemiah 8:11: "the people, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved."
Nehemiah 8:12: "and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared"
Nehemiah 8:17: "booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son"
Nehemiah 9:8: "and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:"
Nehemiah 9:10: "and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against"
Nehemiah 9:10: "of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name,"
Nehemiah 9:18: "Yea, when they had made them a molten and said, This is thy God"
Nehemiah 9:31: "utterly consume forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful"
Nehemiah 9:33: "all upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:"
Nehemiah 10:39: " For the children of Israel and the children shall bring the offering"
Nehemiah 11:23: " For it was the king's commandment concerning should be for the singers, due"
Nehemiah 12:29: "of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba for the singers had built"
Nehemiah 12:43: "great and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy:"
Nehemiah 12:44: "of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests"
Nehemiah 12:46: " For in the days of David and Asaph there were chief of the singers,"
Nehemiah 13:2: " Because they met not of Israel with bread and with water,"
Nehemiah 13:6: "time was not for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes"
Nehemiah 13:10: "And I perceived that the portions of the Levites been given them: for the Levites and the singers,"
Nehemiah 13:13: "the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office"
Esther 1:8: "was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to"
Esther 1:11: "and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on."
Esther 1:13: "to the wise men, which knew (for so was the king's manner toward"
Esther 1:16: "to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to"
Esther 1:17: " For this deed of the queen shall come abroad all women, so that they shall despise"
Esther 1:20: "throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives"
