כִּי H3588b
but, rather (adversative); except, unless (exceptive); for, because (causal); that, surely (asseverative/content)
2. except, unless (exceptive) — Marks an exception or conditional restriction, limiting a preceding general statement ('except that', 'unless'). 48×
AR["إلّا","إِلاّ","إِلَّا","إِلّا","لِأَنَّ"]·ben["কারণ","কারণ-","কিন্তু","ছাড়া","যদি-না"]·DE["aber","ausser","ausser-","außer","denn"]·EN["but","except","except-"]·FR["car","mais","sauf","sauf-"]·heb["כי"]·HI["कि","की","क्योंकि","जब-तक","सिवअय","सिवाय","सिवाय-"]·ID["hanya","kecuali","kecuali-","sebab"]·IT["eccetto","except","ma","poiché","tranne","tranne-"]·jav["kajawi","kejawi"]·KO["*","그-것은","다만","단지","때에","오직","왜냐하면","참으로"]·PT["exceto","pois","porque","senão"]·RU["если","если-не","ибо","кроме","кроме-как","разве","только"]·ES["a-menos-que","sino"]·SW["bali","ila","isipokuwa"]·TR["ancak","eğer","ki","sadece","yalnızca","çünkü"]·urd["جب-تک","جب-تک-","سوائے","سوائے-","مگر","کیونکہ"]
Gen 28:17, Gen 32:26, Gen 39:6, Gen 39:9, Gen 42:15, Lev 21:2, Lev 21:14, Lev 22:6, Num 14:30, Num 26:33, Num 26:65, Deut 10:12 (+36 more)
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Senses
1. but, rather (adversative) — Introduces an adversative or contrastive clause, correcting or opposing a preceding negative statement (often 'not X but Y'). 57×
AR["إلّا","إِلّا","بَل","بَلْ","بَلْ-","لكِنْ","لِأَنَّ","لٰكِنْ","لٰكِنْ-"]·ben["কারণ","কারণ-","কিন্তু","কিন্তু-","ছাড়া","বরং"]·DE["aber","aber-","sondern"]·EN["but","but-"]·FR["mais","mais-"]·heb["כי"]·HI["कि","की","क्योंकि","परन्तु-","बल्कि"]·ID["Karena","Melainkan","Melainkan-","Tetapi","bahwa","karena","melainkan","tetapi"]·IT["ma","ma-"]·jav["Nanging","amargi","awit","kajawi","nanging"]·KO["그-","그것은","단지","오직","오히려","왜냐하면","이는"]·PT["Mas","Pois-","Porque","mas","pois","porque","senão","¶ Mas"]·RU["Но","Но-","ибо","но","только"]·ES["Porque","Sino","sino","sino-que"]·SW["Bali","Lakini-","bali","hakika","ila","isipokuwa","kwa","lakini","mwanao"]·TR["ama","ancak","fakat","çünkü","çünkü-"]·urd["بلکہ","بلکہ-","لیکن","کہ","کہ-","کیونکہ"]
Gen 32:28, Gen 35:10, Exod 12:9, Num 24:22, Deut 7:5, Deut 12:5, Deut 12:14, Deut 12:18, Deut 16:6, 1 Sam 2:15, 1 Sam 8:19, 1 Kgs 8:19 (+38 more)
3. for, because (causal) — Introduces a causal or explanatory clause, giving the reason or ground for a preceding statement. 37×
AR["بَلْ","كِي","لأنَّ","لِأَنَّ","لِأَنَّكَ","لِأَنَّكُمْ","لِأَنَّكِ","لِأَنَّنِي-","لِأَنَّهُ","لِأَنَّهُ-","لٰكِنَّ-"]·ben["কারণ","কেননা"]·DE["For","denn","fuer-","fuer-wenn-"]·EN["But","For","For-","but","for","for-","for-if-"]·FR["Car","car","pour-","pour-si-"]·heb["כי"]·HI["क्योंकि"]·ID["Karena","Karena-jika-","Melainkan","Sebab","karena","melainkan","sebab"]·IT["Per","per-","per-se-","poiche","poiché","quando"]·jav["Amargi","amargi"]·KO["만일","오직","왜냐하면","왜냐하면-","이는"]·PT["Pois","Porque","Porém","pois","porque"]·RU["Ибо","а","ибо","но"]·ES["Pero","Porque","porque","sino"]·SW["Bali","Kwa-kuwa","Kwa-maana","Kwa-sababu","Lakini","kwa-maana","kwa-sababu"]·TR["Cunku","cunku","Çünkü","çünkü"]·urd["کیونکہ","کیونکہ-"]
Exod 8:21, Exod 9:2, Exod 10:4, Exod 22:23, Exod 23:22, Num 10:30, Deut 11:22, Josh 23:12, Judg 15:7, 1 Sam 20:9, 1 Sam 21:5, 1 Sam 21:6 (+25 more)
4. that, surely (asseverative/content) — Introduces a content clause or serves as an emphatic asseverative particle meaning 'surely, indeed, that'. 6×
AR["أنَّ","أَنَّ","أَنَّكُمْ","لأَنَّ","لَ-","وَ-إِنْ"]·ben["কারণ","যে"]·DE["dass","denn"]·EN["for","surely","that"]·FR["car","ce","que"]·heb["כי"]·HI["कि","क्योंकि"]·ID["bahwa","karena","sekalipun"]·IT["che","poiche","quello"]·jav["bilih","sanajan","sayekti"]·KO["그것을","반드시","왜냐하면","왜냐하면-","참으로"]·PT["que"]·RU["даже-если","ибо","что","что-"]·ES["ciertamente","que"]·SW["hakika","hata-kama-","kwa-sababu","kwamba"]·TR["elbette","ki","çünkü"]·urd["کہ"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
כִּי אִם־ (the אִם foll. by makkeph, except Gn 15:4 Nu 35:33 Ne 2:2, where כִּי־אִם is read by the Mass., Pr 2:3: FrMM 241)— 1. each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause: a. that if Je 26:15; after an oath (כִּי not translated: v. כִּי 1 c) if 1 S 14:39 Je 22:24, surely not (אִם 1 b 2) 2 S 3:35 1 S 25:34 (כִּי being resumptive of the כִּי before לוּלֵי: v.…