Strong's Concordance
ki: that, for, when
Original Word: כִּיPart of Speech: Conjunction
Transliteration: ki
Phonetic Spelling: (kee)
Short Definition: because
Brown-Driver-Briggs
(Moabite
id,: Phoenician . Probably from the same demonstrative basis found in
👁 Image here, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaic
this (W
SG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin with
👁 Image that, in order that, and
👁 Image then, enclitic, like Latin
nam in
quisnam?) —
that (, German dass):
prefixed to sentences depending on an active verb, and occupying to it the place of an accusative: so constantly, after verbs of seeing, as Genesis 1:10 and God saw that it was good, Genesis 3:6; Genesis 6:2,5; Genesis 12:14 #NAME? Genesis 14:14; Genesis 29:33, knowing Genesis 22:12; Genesis 24:14, telling Genesis 3:11; Genesis 12:18, repenting Genesis 6:6,7, swearing Genesis 22:16; Jeremiah 22:5, believing Exodus 4:5; Lamentations 4:12, remembering Psalm 78:35, forgetting Job 39:15; = command (late; in early Hebrew the words said are quoted) Job 36:10,24 ( in a command) Job 37:20 b 1 Chronicles 21:18 (contrast 2 Samuel 24:18) etc.; it is good that ... 2 Samuel 18:2 + (usually the infinitive with, as Genesis 2:18; see ibid.); Genesis 37:26 what profit that we should slay (imperfect)...? Malachi 3:14 what proft that we have kept (perfect)...? Job 22:3 is it pleasure to Shaddai that...? after a pronoun, as Psalm 41:12 by this I know that thou hast pleasure in me, that my enemy cannot triumph over me, Psalm 42:5 these things will I remember...that (or how) I used to go, etc., Psalm 56:10 this I know that God is for me Job 13:16 (). And with repeated pleonastic after an intervening clause 2 Samuel 19:7; Jeremiah 26:15 +; Genesis 3:6; Genesis 29:12; Exodus 4:31; Joshua 2:9; Joshua 8:21; Joshua 10:1; 1 Samuel 31:7; 2 Samuel 5:12; 1 Kings 11:21; Jeremiah 40:7,11; Genesis 45:26; Judges 10:10.
often introduces the direct narration (like 👁 Image
, 👁 Image
, and the Greek recitativum, e.g. Luke 4:21), in which case it cannot be represented in English (except by inverted commas), Genesis 21:30; Genesis 29:33 and she said, Yahweh hath heard, etc.; Exodus 3:12 = Judges 6:16 and he said, I will be with thee, Joshua 2:24; 1 Samuel 2:16 (see Dr) 1 Samuel 10:19 and ye have said to him, Thou shalt set a king over us, 2 Samuel 11:23; 1 Kings 1:13; 1 Kings 20:5; Ruth 1:10, compare Ruth 2:21 (but in reply to a question may = because, see below
; and so also in sentences giving the explanation of a proper name, Genesis 26:22; Genesis 29:32 (but De surely: see below), Exodus 2:10 (compare Genesis 4:25; Genesis 41:51,52); in , introducing an expostulation, 1 Samuel 29:8; 1 Kings 11:22; 2 Kings 8:13, it gives the reason for a suppressed 'Why do you say this?').
especially after an oath , etc., introducing the fact sworn to, Genesis 42:16 by the life of Pharaoh, (I say) that ye are spies; but though Hebrew usage probably gave it an asseverative force, English idiom does not require it to be expressed: Numbers 14:22; 1 Samuel 20:3 as liveth, there is but a step between me and death! 1 Samuel 26:16; 1 Samuel 29:6; Isaiah 49:18 +; 1 Samuel 14:44 thus may God do and more also: thou shalt surely die! 2 Samuel 3:35; 1 Kings 2:23; Ruth 1:17 and elsewhere — Note that when thus used is often repeated after an intervening clause, in order that its force may be fully preserved: Genesis 22:16f.; 1 Samuel 14:39 () 1 Samuel 25:34; 2 Samuel 2:27 () , 2 Samuel 3:9; 2 Samuel 15:21 Qr 1 Kings 1:30; Jeremiah 22:24.
is used sometimes with advs. and interjs. to add force or distinctness to the affirmation which follows: (a) so especially in (see ); is it that . . .? (as a neutral interrogative) 2 Samuel 9:1, (expecting a negative answer) Genesis 29:15 is it that thou art my brother, and shalt (therefore) serve me for nothing? Job 6:22 is it that I have said, Give unto me? expressing surprise Genesis 27:36 is it that he is called Jacob, and has (hence) supplanted me twice? 2 Samuel 23:19 an affirm. answer is required (which would imply ): read probably with the "" 1 Chronicles 11:25 be-hold, he, etc.; Deuteronomy 32:30 were it not that .. .; Job 12:2 of a truth (is it) that ye are the people, etc.; 1 Samuel 8:9; Numbers 13:28 +; Ruth 2:21; 1 Samuel 10:1 (but see Dr), 2 Samuel 13:28; Psalm 128:4; compare Psalm 118:10 in the name of (is it) that — or (I say) that — I will mow them down; Job 39:27 doth the vulture mount up at thy command, and (is it) that it (so) makes high its nest? Isaiah 36:19 have the gods of the nations delivered each his land etc.? . . . i.e. (Hi) and (is it) that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand? > (Ew§ 354 c De Di) and that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand! = how much less () have they, etc.! ("" 2 Kings 18:34 alone, perhaps conformed by error to 2 Kings 18:35; 2Chronicles 32:15 , which however does not decide the sense of the original ). 1 Chronicles 29:14 read or (b) in introducing the apodosis, especially in (chiefly after ) indeed then . . ., Genesis 31:42; Genesis 43:10 for unless we had tarried surely then we had returned twice, Numbers 22:33 (read for ); so 1 Samuel 14:30 (after ), and 1 Samuel 13:13 Hi We ( for ); after Job 8:6 surely then he will awake over thee, etc. (But elsewhere is simply for now, Genesis 29:32; Job 7:21 +; or for then = for in that case, Exodus 9:15; Numbers 22:29; Job 3:13; Job 6:3 +). It is dubious whether has the same sense: for 2 Samuel 2:27; 2 Samuel 19:7 the in may be merely resumptive of the recitation preceding (see
). : Exodus 22:22 if thou afflict him 'tis that (= indeed), if he cries unto me, I will hear him, Isaiah 7:9 if ye believe not indeed ye will not be established.
, standing alone, has an intensive force, introducing a statement with emphasis, yea, surely, certainly (German ja — a lighter particle than these English words): see in AV RV Exodus 18:11; Numbers 23:23; 1 Samuel 17:25; 1 Samuel 20:26; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 32:13; Isaiah 60:9; Jeremiah 22:22; Jeremiah 31:19; Hosea 6:9; Hosea 8:6; Hosea 9:12; Hosea 10:3; Amos 3:7; Psalm 76:11; Psalm 77:12 (Ew Che), Proverbs 30:2 (but not if construed as RVm), Ecclesiastes 4:16; Ecclesiastes 7:7,20; Job 28:1 +; Lamentations 3:22 ( Ew Th Öttli) the mercies of , surely they are not consumed (read probably or for ), Ruth 3:12 yea, indeed. But it is doubtful whether has this force in all the passages for which scholars have had recourse to it, and whether in some it is not simply = for. DeProverbs 30:1 would restrict the usage to cases in which a suppressed clause may be understood.
that, expressing consecution, especially after a question implying surprise or deprecation: followed by perf., Genesis 20:9 what have I sinned against thee that thou hast brought upon me? 1 Samuel 22:8; Isaiah 22:1 what aileth thee, that thou art gone up, etc.? Isaiah 22:16; Isaiah 36:5; Isaiah 52:5; Micah 4:9; Habakkuk 2:18; followed by participle Judges 14:3; 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 18:9 how have I sinned that thou art giving, etc.? 2 Kings 5:7; Ezekiel 24:19; usually followed by imperfect Exodus 3:11 who am I that I should go, etc.? Exodus 16:7; Judges 8:6; Judges 9:28; 2 Kings 8:13; Isaiah 7:13; Isaiah 29:16 (also perfect), Psalm 8:5 what is man ? Job 3:12 or why the breasts that I should suck? Job 6:11 , Job 7:12,17; Job 10:5f.; Job 13:25f.; Job 15:12f; Job 15:14; Job 16:3; Job 21:15 +; after a negative, Genesis 40:15 here also I have done nothing that they should have placed me in the dungeon, Psalm 44:19f. our heart has not turned backward, etc. that thou shouldst have crushed us, etc., Isaiah 43:22 not me hast thou called on, that thou shouldst have wearied thyself with me, Hosea 1:6 (see RV), Job 41:2; Ruth 1:12 I am too old to have an husband that I should have said, etc. (compare Ew§ 337 a; Dr§ 39 ).
. converts them, like , into conjs. ..., as because that...: see below , , , , .
, when, of the past Genesis 6:1 (compare BuUrg. 6), Genesis 26:8; Genesis 27:1; 2 Samuel 6:13; 2 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 19:26 + ( and especially with infinitive, are more frequently); (simple ) 1 Samuel 1:12; 1 Samuel 17:48; Joshua 22:7; Judges 2:18; Judges 12:5 and it would be, whenever (frequently) they said, Jeremiah 44:19 (participle), Hosea 11:1; Psalm 32:3 when I was silent, Job 31:21,26,29; of present (usually with imperfect) as Exodus 18:16 when they have a matter, 1 Samuel 24:20; Isaiah 1:12; Isaiah 30:21; Jeremiah 14:12; Zechariah 7:5,6; Malachi 1:8; Psalm 49:19 and men praise thee when thou doest well to thyself, Psalm 102:1; Psalm 127:5 +, with perfect Ezekiel 3:19-21; Ezekiel 33:9; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 23:22; especially of future, as Genesis 4:12 when thou shalt till the ground it shall not, etc., Genesis 24:41; Genesis 30:33; Genesis 31:49; Genesis 32:18; Exodus 7:9 when Pharaoh shall speak unto you, Deuteronomy 4:25; Deuteronomy 6:20 +; in phrase () Leviticus 25:20; Deuteronomy 18:21; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 36:7; Jeremiah 13:22; and especially in ... Genesis 12:12; Genesis 46:33; Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 15:16; 1 Samuel 10:7; 1 Samuel 25:30; Isaiah 8:21; Isaiah 10:12 + often; with perfect Isaiah 16:12; 1 Chronicles 17:11 (altered from imperfect 2 Samuel 7:12); with participle (unusual) Numbers 33:51; Numbers 34:2; Deuteronomy 11:31; Deuteronomy 18:9.
elsewhere has a force approximating to if, though it usually represents a case as more likely to occur than : — (mostly with imperfect) Genesis 38:16; Numbers 5:20; Numbers 10:32; Deuteronomy 6:25; Deuteronomy 7:17; Deuteronomy 28:2,13; 1 Samuel 20:13; 2 Samuel 19:8; 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 18:22; Jeremiah 38:15; Proverbs 4:8; Job 7:13 ( when I say), Job 19:28; often in laws, as Exodus 21:14,33,35; Exodus 21:37; Exodus 22:4; Exodus 22:5 etc., Deuteronomy 13:13; Deuteronomy 14:24; Deuteronomy 15:7,12; Deuteronomy 17:2; Deuteronomy 18:6,21 etc.; sometimes, in particular, to state a principle broadly, after which special cases are introduced by , as Exodus 21:2 when () thou buyest a Hebrew servant, he shall serve thee six years, after which Exodus 21:3-5 follow four special cases with if: so Exodus 21:7 (), Exodus 21:8-11 (); Exodus 21:18 (), Exodus 21:19 (); Exodus 21:20 (), Exodus 21:21 (); Exodus 21:22 f; Exodus 21:28-32; Leviticus 1:2 (), Leviticus 1:3; Leviticus 1:10 () Leviticus 4:2,3,13,27,32; Leviticus 13:2ff. Numbers 30:3ff. +; though this distinction is not uniformly observed, contrast e.g. Exodus 21:5 with Deuteronomy 15:16; Numbers 5:19 and Numbers 5:20. — with = when or if, the subject is often prefixed for distinctness and emphasis: 1 Kings 8:37 , Isaiah 28:18; Micah 5:4 , Psalm 62:11; Ezekiel 3:19 (), Ezekiel 14:9,13; Ezekiel 18:5,18,21; Ezekiel 33:6 (compare Ezekiel 33:2); and especially in laws of P, as Leviticus 1:2; Leviticus 13:2, ... Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 4:2; Leviticus 5:1,4,15, similarly Leviticus 15:2,16,19,25; Leviticus 22:12,13,14 etc., rather differently Numbers 5:20.
when or if, with a concessive force, i.e. though: — (a) with imperfect Jeremiah 4:30 (3 t. in verse); Jeremiah 14:12; Jeremiah 49:16 though thou make high like the vulture thy nest, I will bring thee down thence, Jeremiah 51:53; Hosea 13:15; Zechariah 8:6; Psalm 37:24; Psalm 49:19f. though in his lifetime he bless himself ... he shall come, etc., perhaps also Jeremiah 46:23 Ew (but Hi Gf Ke for), Jeremiah 50:11 Ew Ke (Hi yea); and strengthened by , Isaiah 1:5; Psalm 23:4 (compare Dr§ 143); (b) with perf. (rare) Micah 7:8 though I have fallen, I rise, Nahum 1:10 (si vera 1.), Psalm 21:12 (Hi Ew Now), Psalm 119:88 (Ew De).
Because, since —
Genesis 3:14 because thou hast done this, cursed art thou, etc., Genesis 3:17; Genesis 18:20; Genesis 17:20 the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah — because it is great ... (subject prefixed for emphasis: compare
) Isaiah 28:15; in answer to a question, Genesis 27:20; Exodus 1:19; Exodus 18:15; 2 Samuel 19:43 +. Enunciating the conditions under which a future action is conceived as possible (German indem) Leviticus 22:9; Deuteronomy 4:29 , Deuteronomy 12:20 (see Dr), Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 12:28; Deuteronomy 13:19; Deuteronomy 14:24; Deuteronomy 16:15; Deuteronomy 19:6,9 +, 1 Kings 8:35 (compare 1 Kings 8:33 ), 1 Kings 8:36 , Proverbs 4:8b.
more commonly the causal sentence follows, as Genesis 2:3 and God blessed the seventh day because on it he rested, etc., Genesis 4:25 etc., in which case it may often be rendered for, Genesis 2:5; Genesis 2:28; Genesis 3:20; Genesis 5:24; Genesis 6:7,12,13; Psalm 6:3 heal me for my bones are vexed, Psalm 10:14; Psalm 25:16; Psalm 27:10 + very often specifically after verbs expressive of mental emotions, as rejoicing Isaiah 14:29; Psalm 58:11, being angry Genesis 31:35; Genesis 45:5, fearing Genesis 43:18; Psalm 49:17 etc. Iron. 1 Kings 18:27 for he is a god etc. (4 t.); Proverbs 30:4; Job 38:5 for or since thou knowest. With subject prefixed Psalm 128:2. Repeated (with anacoluthon) Isaiah 49:19.
the causal relation expressed by is sometimes subtle, especially in poetry, and not apparent without careful study of a passage. Thus sometimes it justifies a statement or description by pointing to a pregnant fact which involves it, as Isaiah 3:8a Job 6:21 (ground of the comparison Job 6:15-20), Job 14:16 (For...: ground of the wishes expressed Job 14:13-15), Job 16:22 (ground of Job 16:20f.) Job 30:26 (For ...), or by pointing to a General truth which it exemplifies Job 5:6 (reason why complaining Job 5:2-5 is foolish), Job 15:34; Job 23:14; sometimes it is explicative, justifying a statement by unfolding the particulars which establish or exemplify it 2 Samuel 23:5a; Isaiah 1:30; Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:8-11; Isaiah 13:10 (development of Isaiah 13:9a); Isaiah 32:6 f. (developing the characters of the and , and so explaining why they will no longer be esteemed Isaiah 32:5); Job 11:16ff. (explicit of Job 11:15b), Job 18:8 ff. (justifying Job 18:7), Job 22:26 ff. (justifying Job 22:25); elsewhere the cause is expressed indirectly or figuratively Isaiah 2:6 (reason why invitation Isaiah 2:5 is needed), Isaiah 5:10 (sterility of the soil the cause of the desolation Isaiah 5:9), Isaiah 18:5; Isaiah 28:8 (proof of the intoxication Isaiah 28:7), Isaiah 31:7 (reason for the exhortation Isaiah 31:6: the certainty that the folly of idolatry will soon be recognized), Job 7:21 (for soon it will be too late to pardon), Job 27:8-10 (Job wishes his enemy the lot of the wicked, because this is so hopeless); or relates not to the see which immediately precedes or follows, but to several, as Isaiah 7:16f. (Isaiah 7:17 specially the ground of the people being reduced to simple fare Isaiah 7:15), Isaiah 21:6ff. (ground of the statements Isaiah 21:1-5), Job 4:5 (ground of Job 4:2), Job 14:7-12 (Job 14:10-12 specially the ground for the appeal in Job 14:6), Job 23:10-13 (ground why God cannot be found Job 23:8f.), Psalm 73:21 (ground not of Psalm 73:20, but of the General train of thought Psalm 73:2); similarly Genesis 4:24; Deuteronomy 18:14; Jeremiah 30:11 the reason lies not in the words immediately after , but in the second part of the sentence; or, on the other hand, it may state the reason for a particular word, Isaiah 28:20 (justifying 'nought but terror' Isaiah 28:19), Job 23:17 (God's hostility Job 23:16 the cause of his misery, not the calamity as such). Sometimes also , in a poetic orrhetorical style, gives the reason for a thought not expressed but implied, especially the answer to a question; Isaiah 28:11 (the mockeries of Isaiah 28:10 have a meaning) 'for with men of strange lips, etc. he will speak unto this people,' who will retort the mockeries, charged with a new and terrible meaning, upon those who uttered them (Isaiah 28:13); = (no,) for Isaiah 28:28 (see RVm), Job 22:2b no, he that is wise is profitable to himself, Job 31:18; Job 39:14 (see Job 39:13b), Psalm 44:24 (he cannot do this, Psalm 44:23) for for thy sake are we killed, etc., Psalm 130:4 no, with thee is forgiveness; = (yes,) for Isaiah 49:25 (see the question Isaiah 49:24), Isaiah 66:8.
sometimes introduce the proximate and ultimate cause respectively, Genesis 3:19; Genesis 26:7; Genesis 43:32; Genesis 47:20; Exodus 23:33 for [else] thou wilt serve their gods, for it will be a snare to thee, Isaiah 2:6 (twice in verse); Isaiah 3:8 (twice in verse); Isaiah 6:5a, b; Isaiah 10:22f.; Job 6:3f.; Job 8:8,9 (twice in verse); Job 24:17 (twice in verse); Job 29:11f.; sometimes they introduce two co-ordinate causes (where we should insert and), Exodus 23:21,22; Isaiah 6:5b,c I am undone, because I am of unclean lips..., because mine eyes have seen of hosts, Isaiah 15:5 (twice in verse); Isaiah 15:6 (twice in verse); Isaiah 15:8,9; Zephaniah 3:8f.; Job 15:25,27; Job 20:19f.; Job 31:11f. But also occurs, Genesis 33:11; Numbers 5:20 (if), Joshua 7:15; Judges 6:30; 1 Samuel 19:4; 1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Kings 2:26; Isaiah 65:16 +.
after a negative for becomes = but (German sondern): Genesis 17:15 thou shalt not call her name Sarai, for (= but) Sarah shall be her name, Genesis 24:3f.; Genesis 45:8; Exodus 1:19; Exodus 16:8 not against us are your murmurings, for (they are) against = but against , Deuteronomy 21:17; 1 Samuel 6:3 (), 1 Samuel 27:1 (see Dr), 1 Kings 21:17; Isaiah 10:7; Isaiah 28:27; Isaiah 29:23; Isaiah 30:5; Psalm 44:8; Psalm 118:17 + often; so in nay, for = nay, but, as Genesis 18:15 nay, but thou didst laugh, Genesis 19:2; Genesis 42:12; Joshua 5:14; 1 Samuel 2:16 MSS (see Dr), 1 Samuel 12:12; 2 Samuel 16:18; 2 Samuel 24:24; 1 Kings 2:30; 1 Kings 3:22; 1 Kings 11:22; Isaiah 30:16 nay, but we will flee upon horses.
— is sometimes of difficult and uncertain interpretation, and in some of the passages quoted a different explanation is tenable. Authorities especially read the Hebrew differently, when the choice is between for and yea. E.g. Isaiah 8:23 Ges Ew§ 330 b doch (no, but); Hi Di for (taking Isaiah 8:22 as RVm); Ch surely: Isaiah 15:1 Ges Ew Hi Di surely; De for: Isaiah 39:8 Ges Hi De surely; Di for (explanation of ): Ezekiel 11:16 Hi Ke Co surely; Ew Sm because. — In Exodus 20:25 the tense of makes it probably that is for (Dr§ 153). Job 22:29 is taken with least violence to usage () as Hi When they humble thee, and thou sayest (= complainest) Pride! he will save, etc. (the always followed by makkeph, except Genesis 15:4; Numbers 35:33; Nehemiah 2:2, where is read by the Mass.: FrMM 241) —
each particle retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause:
that if Jeremiah 26:15; after an oath ( not translated: see
) if 1 Samuel 14:39; Jeremiah 22:24, surely not ( 2) 2 Samuel 3:35; 1 Samuel 25:34 ( being resumptive of the before : see ); Exodus 22:22 (in apodosis) indeed if . . . (see ).
for if Exodus 8:17; Exodus 9:2; Exodus 10:4; Deuteronomy 11:20 +, for though Isaiah 10:22; Jeremiah 37:20; Amos 5:22, but if Jeremiah 7:5.
(About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause —
limiting the preceding clause, except (after a negative, or an oath, or question, the equivalent of a negative) — the most usual term for expressing this idea: followed by verb Genesis 32:27 I will not let thee go; literally but (
) if thou bless me (that is, I will let thee go), i.e., subordinating the second clause to the first, 'I will not let thee go, except thou bless me;' Leviticus 22:6 he shall not eat of the holy things except he have washed his flesh, Isaiah 65:6; Amos 3:7; Ruth 3:18; Lamentations 5:21f. (Ew Näg Ke Che Öttli), turn thou us unto thee, etc., unless thou have utterly rejected us, (and) art very wroth with us (= Or hast thou utterly rejected us? etc. Ew Öttli); followed by a noun, except, but, Genesis 28:17 this is nothing but the house of God, Genesis 32:9 he withholds from me nothing except thee, Leviticus 21:2; Numbers 14:30 (after ), Numbers 26:65 (compare Numbers 32:12 ), Joshua 14:4; 1 Samuel 30:17,22; 2 Samuel 12:3 (so 2 Kings 4:2), 2 Kings 19:29; 1 Kings 17:1 (after ), 1 Kings 22:31; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Kings 9:35; 2 Kings 13:7; Jeremiah 22:17; Jeremiah 44:14 +; after , 2 Chronicles 23:6; followed by an adverb clause, Genesis 42:15; Numbers 35:33; 2 Samuel 3:13 (but and are mutually exclusive: read probably with ); after an interrogative Isaiah 42:19 who is blind but my servant ? (who is blind in comparison with him ?), Deuteronomy 10:12; Micah 6:8; Ecclesiastes 5:10; 2Chron 2:5.
the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic (compare
), (= a slightly strengthened ), Genesis 15:4 this man shall not be thy heir; but one that shall come forth from thy own bowels, he shall be thy heir (compare 1 Kings 8:19), 1Ki 32:29 thy name shall no more be called Jacob but Israel (compare alone 1 Kings 17:15), 1Ki 47:18 we will not hide it from my lord, but the money . . . is all made over to, etc., Exodus 12:9 not boiled in water, but roast with fire, Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 16:6; Joshua 23:8; 1 Samuel 2:15 he will not take of thee boiled flesh but raw, 1 Samuel 8:19 nay, but a king shall be over us (compare alone, 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel 12:12), 1 Samuel 21:5; 2 Samuel 5:6; 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 10:23 (), Isaiah 33:21; Isaiah 55:10,11; Isaiah 59:2; Jeremiah 3:10; Jeremiah 7:32; Jeremiah 9:23; Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 20:3; Ezekiel 36:22; Ezekiel 44:10; Amos 8:11; Psalm 1:2; Psalm 1:4; Proverbs 23:17 () Psalm +; with the principal verb repeated (as Genesis 15:4; 1 Kings 8:19), Leviticus 21:14; Ezekiel 44:22; Numbers 10:30; 2 Kings 23:23; Jeremiah 39:12 Kt (Qr omit ), compare Jeremiah 7:23. Occasionally in colloquial language, the negative, it seems, is left to be understood: 1 Samuel 26:10 as liveth, (by no means,) but shall smite him, 2 Samuel 13:33 Kt (by no means,) but Amnon alone is dead (Qr omits ). Followed by imperative Isaiah 65:18; Ezekiel 12:23; Jeremiah 39:12; 2Chronicles 25:8. Sometimes also, though rarely (and not certainly), appears to have the force of only even without a previous negative: Genesis 40:14 only have (?) me in remembrance with thyself (but read perhaps for ; see Dr§ 119 n., the use of a bare perfect, without , or even waw consecutive, to express a wish or command is unexampled), Numbers 24:22 only, nevertheless, the Kenite shall be for extermination (compare Di), Job 42:8 (De Di)
after an oath appears to = a strengthened (compare ,
), (see ): 2 Kings 5:20 as liveth, surely I will run (perfect of certitude) after him, etc., Jeremiah 51:14 (Ges Hi Gf RV) surley I will fill thee with men (namely, assailants), etc. (but Ew Ke Ch treat the particles as separate ( as
): ; i.e. increased thy population, — yet shall they — the assailants — lift up the shout against thee), 2 Samuel 15:21 Kt (Qr omits ); after an assever. particle Ruth 3:12 Kt and now, yea indeed, surely I am thy kinsman (Qr omits ); the oath being understood, Judges 15:7 if ye do thus, surely (Ges hercle) I will avenge myself, 1 Samuel 21:6 of a truth women have been kept from us, etc., 1 Kings 20:6 surely tomorrow I will send, etc., Proverbs 23:18 (see De) surely there is a reward; perhaps also Job 42:8.
forasmuch as, a peculiar phrase found Genesis 18:5; Genesis 19:8; Genesis 33:10; Genesis 38:26; Numbers 10:31; Numbers 14:43; Judges 6:22; 2 Samuel 18:20 Qr (rightly), Jeremiah 29:28; Jeremiah 38:4 — literally for therefore, emphasizing the ground pleonastically (Ew§ 353 a ). The original force of the phrase is traceable in some of the passages in which it occurs, as Genesis 18:5 let me fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort your heart; for therefore (that is, to partake of such hospitality) are ye come to your servant, Numbers 14:43 the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there, and ye will fall by the sword, for therefore (to encounter such a fate) have ye turned back from etc.: but in process of time the distinct sense of its component parts was no doubt gradually obscured, and it thus came to be used conventionally, as a mere particle of causation, even where there was no preceding statement to which therefore could be explicitly referred. appears to be used similarly (compare
) Job 34:27.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
forasmuch, inasmuch, whereas, assuredly, but, certainly, doubtless,
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.
Forms and Transliterations
הֲֽכִי־ הֲכִ֣י הֲכִי֩ הֲכִי־ הכי הכי־ וְ֝כִ֗י וְכִ֣י וְכִ֣י ׀ וְכִ֤י וְכִ֥י וְכִ֧י וְכִ֨י וְכִֽי־ וְכִי֙ וְכִי־ וכי וכי־ כִ֔י כִ֗י כִ֛י כִ֤י כִ֥י כִּ֖י כִּ֗י כִּ֘י כִּ֚י כִּ֛י כִּ֝֗י כִּ֞י כִּ֠י כִּ֡י כִּ֣י כִּ֣י ׀ כִּ֣י־ כִּ֤י כִּ֤י ׀ כִּ֥י כִּ֧י כִּ֨י כִּ֩י כִּ֪י כִּ֬י כִּ֭י כִּֽי כִּֽי־ כִּי֩ כִּי־ כִֽי־ כִי־ כִּ֤י כִּי כֹּ֣ה כה כי כי־ chi hă·ḵî hă·ḵî- haChi hăḵî hăḵî- ki kî ḵî kî- ḵî- kiSha kiShe kiShi Koh kōh veChi wə·ḵî wə·ḵî- wəḵî wəḵî-
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