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:
Ecclesiastes 7:6: " For as the crackling of thorns under so is the laughter of the fool:"
Ecclesiastes 7:7: " Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; destroyeth the heart."
Ecclesiastes 7:9: "hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools."
Ecclesiastes 7:10: "were better than these? for thou dost not"
Ecclesiastes 7:12: " For wisdom is a defense, and money but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom"
Ecclesiastes 7:13: "the work of God: for who can make that straight,"
Ecclesiastes 7:18: "withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth"
Ecclesiastes 7:20: " For there is not a just man that doeth good,"
Ecclesiastes 7:22: " For oftentimes also thine own heart that thou thyself"
Ecclesiastes 8:3: "not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever"
Ecclesiastes 8:6: " Because to every purpose there is and judgment, therefore the misery"
Ecclesiastes 8:6: "there is and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon"
Ecclesiastes 8:7: " For he knoweth not that for who"
Ecclesiastes 8:7: "not that for who can tell him when"
Ecclesiastes 8:12: "evil and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that"
Ecclesiastes 8:15: "better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry:"
Ecclesiastes 8:16: "is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night"
Ecclesiastes 8:17: "all the work that a man cannot find out"
Ecclesiastes 9:1: " For all this in my heart even to declare"
Ecclesiastes 9:3: "under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also"
Ecclesiastes 9:4: " For to him that is joined all the living there is"
Ecclesiastes 9:4: "the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than"
Ecclesiastes 9:5: " For the living know that they shall die: know not"
Ecclesiastes 9:5: "any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:7: "thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth"
Ecclesiastes 9:9: "the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life,"
Ecclesiastes 9:10: "findeth to do, it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device,"
Ecclesiastes 9:11: "and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor"
Ecclesiastes 9:11: "yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to"
Ecclesiastes 9:12: " For man also knoweth his time: as the fishes"
Ecclesiastes 10:4: "thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offenses."
Ecclesiastes 10:20: "not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry"
Ecclesiastes 11:1: "thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days."
Ecclesiastes 11:2: "to seven, and also for thou knowest not what evil"
Ecclesiastes 11:6: "withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether"
Ecclesiastes 11:8: " But if a man live years, and rejoice in them all;"
Ecclesiastes 11:8: "the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh"
Ecclesiastes 11:9: "and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God"
Ecclesiastes 11:10: "from thy heart, and put away from thy flesh: for childhood and youth"
Ecclesiastes 12:3: "men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows"
Ecclesiastes 12:5: "and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to"
Ecclesiastes 12:13: "God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."
Ecclesiastes 12:14: " For God shall bring work into judgment, with"
Song of Solomon 1:2: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for is better than wine."
Song of Solomon 2:5: "me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love."
Song of Solomon 2:11: " For, lo, the winter is past, is over and gone;"
Song of Solomon 2:14: "let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely."
Song of Solomon 8:6: "upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy"
Isaiah 1:2: "O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up"
Isaiah 1:12: " When ye come to appear before hath required this at your hand,"
