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Amos 5:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H3541 thus כה

H559 saith אמר

H3068 the LORD יהוה

H1004 unto the house לבית

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H1875 Seek דרשׁוני

H2421 ye me and ye shall live וחיו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H3541 thus

H559 saith

the

H3068 LORD

unto

the

H1004 house

H3478 Israel

H1875 Seek

and

shall

H2421 live

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3588

Hebrew: כִּי

Transliteration: kîy

Pronunciation: kee

Part of Speech: Conjunction

Bible Usage: {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} {who} {yea} {yet}

Definition:

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed

1. that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since

a. that

1. yea, indeed

b. when (of time)

1. when, if, though (with a concessive force)

c. because, since (causal connection)

d. but (after negative)

e. that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if

f. but rather, but

g. except that

h. only, nevertheless

i. surely

j. that is

k. but if

l. for though

m. forasmuch as, for therefore

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906