Lexicon / H3588a
כִּי
ki
  • for
  • that
  • when

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: for

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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: that; for; when

כִּי conj that for when that when Of time. of the past כִּי אִם if elsewherehas a force approximating to, though it usu. represents a case as more likely to occur than when if though or, with a concessive force, i.e. Because since .