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Deuteronomy 11:10
“For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:” (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
- כִּ֣י — 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.