H3588: H3588. H3588a כִּי that, for, when 1. . that 2. . a. . Of time, when, of the past b. . elsewhere כִּי has a force approximating to if, though it usu. represents a case as more likely to occur than אִם c. . when or if, with a concessive force, i.e. though
3. . Because, since H3588b כִּי אם־ 1. . each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause: a. . that if b. . for if
2. . (About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause— a. . limiting the prec. clause, except b. . the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic, so that the clause is no longer a limitation of the preceding clause but a contradiction of it: but rather, but c. . after an oath, surely
H3588c כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as