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כִּי

kiforHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentConjunction4,486 occurrences39 books3,910 verses

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: 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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כִּי:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

4,486 total
  1. Leviticus 6:2כִּ֣י · If
    “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
  2. Leviticus 6:4כִּֽי־ · once
    …once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
  3. Leviticus 7:21כִּֽי־ · If
    If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
  4. Leviticus 7:25כִּ֚י · If
    If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
  5. Leviticus 7:34כִּי֩
    I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
  6. Leviticus 8:33כִּ֚י · for
    You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you.
  7. Leviticus 8:35כִּי־ · for
    You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”
  8. Leviticus 9:4כִּ֣י · For
    …an ox and a ram for a peace offering to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil. For today the LORD will appear to you.’”
  9. Leviticus 10:7כִּי־ · for
    You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.
  10. Leviticus 10:12כִּ֛י · because
    And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
  11. Leviticus 10:13כִּ֣י · because; כִּי־ · for
    You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.
  12. Leviticus 10:14כִּֽי־ · because
    And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
  13. Leviticus 10:17כִּ֛י · For
    “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.
  14. Leviticus 11:4כִּֽי־ · though
    But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
  15. Leviticus 11:5כִּֽי־ · though
    The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
  16. Leviticus 11:6כִּֽי־ · though
    The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
  17. Leviticus 11:7כִּֽי־ · though
    And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
  18. Leviticus 11:37וְכִ֤י · If
    If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;
  19. Leviticus 11:38וְכִ֤י · but if
    …but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
  20. Leviticus 11:39וְכִ֤י · If
    If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
  21. Leviticus 11:42כִּי־ · for
    Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.
  22. Leviticus 11:44כִּ֣י · For; כִּ֥י · because
    For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
  23. Leviticus 11:45כִּ֣י׀ · For; כִּ֥י · because
    For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
  24. Leviticus 12:2כִּ֣י
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  25. Leviticus 13:2כִּֽי־ · When
    “When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
  26. Leviticus 13:9כִּ֥י · When
    When anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.
  27. Leviticus 13:11כִּ֥י · for
    …it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.
  28. Leviticus 13:16כִ֥י · if
    But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
  29. Leviticus 13:18כִּֽי־ · When
    When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,
  30. Leviticus 13:24כִּֽי־ · When
    When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,
  31. Leviticus 13:28כִּֽי־ · for
    But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.
  32. Leviticus 13:29כִּֽי־ · If
    If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
  33. Leviticus 13:31וְכִֽי־ · But if
    But if the priest examines the scaly infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
  34. Leviticus 13:38כִּֽי־ · When
    When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,
  35. Leviticus 13:40כִּ֥י · Now if
    Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.
  36. Leviticus 13:42וְכִֽי־ · But if
    But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.
  37. Leviticus 13:47כִּֽי־ · If
    If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment,
  38. Leviticus 13:51כִּֽי־ · and if
    On the seventh day the priest shall reexamine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather, then regardless of how it is used, it is a harmful mildew; the article is unclean.
  39. Leviticus 13:52כִּֽי־ · Since
    He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.
  40. Leviticus 14:13כִּ֡י · Like
    Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
  41. Leviticus 14:34כִּ֤י · When
    “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,
  42. Leviticus 14:48כִּ֥י · because
    If, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.
  43. Leviticus 15:2כִּ֤י · When
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
  44. Leviticus 15:8וְכִֽי־ · If
    If the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  45. Leviticus 15:13וְכִֽי־ · When
    When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
  46. Leviticus 15:16כִּֽי־ · When
    When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  47. Leviticus 15:19כִּֽי־ · When
    When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.