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:
Malachi 3:14: "God: profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked"
Malachi 3:14: "is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before"
Malachi 4:1: " For, behold, the day cometh, as an oven; and all the proud,"
Malachi 4:3: "And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be under the soles of your feet"
