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1 Samuel 22:8
“That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3588 · Hebrew
- Definition
- (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- Derivation
- a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;
- KJV renderings
- 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.
- Grammar
- כִּי֩ — conjunction
- Usage
- Occurs 4,488 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:10Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:18Genesis 1:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כִּי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.