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כִּי

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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. Numbers 32:19כִּ֣י · Yet; כִּ֣י · because
    Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
  2. Numbers 33:51כִּ֥י · When
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
  3. Numbers 33:53כִּ֥י · for
    You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
  4. Numbers 34:2כִּֽי־ · When
    “Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
  5. Numbers 34:14כִּ֣י · For
    For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
  6. Numbers 35:10כִּ֥י · When
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
  7. Numbers 35:28כִּ֣י · because
    …because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
  8. Numbers 35:31כִּי־
    You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
  9. Numbers 35:33כִּ֣י · for; כִּי־ · except
    Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
  10. Numbers 35:34כִּ֚י · For
    Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
  11. Numbers 36:7כִּ֣י · because
    No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
  12. Numbers 36:9כִּי־ · for
    No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”
  13. Deuteronomy 1:17כִּ֥י · for
    Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
  14. Deuteronomy 1:38כִּי־ · for
    Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
  15. Deuteronomy 1:42כִּ֥י · for
    But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”
  16. Deuteronomy 2:5כִּ֠י · for; כִּֽי־ · because
    Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
  17. Deuteronomy 2:7כִּי֩ · Indeed
    Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
  18. Deuteronomy 2:9כִּ֠י · for; כִּ֣י · because
    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
  19. Deuteronomy 2:19כִּ֣י · for; כִּ֥י
    But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
  20. Deuteronomy 2:30כִּֽי־ · for
    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
  21. Deuteronomy 3:2כִּ֣י · for
    But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
  22. Deuteronomy 3:11כִּ֣י · For
    (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
  23. Deuteronomy 3:19כִּֽי־ · that
    But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,
  24. Deuteronomy 3:22כִּ֚י · for
    Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
  25. Deuteronomy 3:27כִּי־ · for
    Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
  26. Deuteronomy 3:28כִּי־ · for
    But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
  27. Deuteronomy 4:3כִּ֣י · for
    Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
  28. Deuteronomy 4:6כִּ֣י · for
    Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
  29. Deuteronomy 4:7כִּ֚י · For
    For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
  30. Deuteronomy 4:15כִּ֣י · So since
    So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
  31. Deuteronomy 4:22כִּ֣י · because
    For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.
  32. Deuteronomy 4:24כִּ֚י · For
    For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
  33. Deuteronomy 4:25כִּֽי־ · After
    After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
  34. Deuteronomy 4:26כִּֽי־ · that; כִּ֥י · but
    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
  35. Deuteronomy 4:29כִּ֣י · Him
    But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  36. Deuteronomy 4:31כִּ֣י · For
    For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
  37. Deuteronomy 4:32כִּ֣י · Indeed
    Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
  38. Deuteronomy 4:35כִּ֥י · that
    You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
  39. Deuteronomy 4:37כִּ֤י
    Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
  40. Deuteronomy 4:39כִּ֤י · that
    Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
  41. Deuteronomy 5:3כִּ֣י · but
    He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
  42. Deuteronomy 5:5כִּ֤י · because
    At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
  43. Deuteronomy 5:9כִּ֣י · for
    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  44. Deuteronomy 5:11כִּ֣י · for
    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.