דִּי
dîy · dee
that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) apparently for H1668 (דָּא);
that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
- that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases
- also, as preposition of
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the hand that works
The doorway, the way in of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דִּי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
345 occurrences · 345 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that2 · 11%
- when2 · 11%
- of2 · 11%
- whom1 · 5%
- which1 · 5%
- we have1 · 5%
- even of1 · 5%
- forasmuch1 · 5%
- whose1 · 5%
- and whatsoever1 · 5%
- for1 · 5%
- therefore1 · 5%
- and whereas1 · 5%
- it is, that1 · 5%
- than1 · 5%
- came1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.