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Deuteronomy 32:36
“For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כִּיkîy · kee
H3588 · Hebrew
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
- כִּֽי — 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.