Keraia
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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. Judges 2:18וְכִֽי־ · Whenever; כִּֽי־
    Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
  2. Judges 3:12כִּֽי־
    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
  3. Judges 3:22כִּ֣י · so that
    Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
  4. Judges 3:28כִּֽי־ · for
    “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
  5. Judges 4:3כִּ֠י · because
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
  6. Judges 4:9כִּי֩; כִּ֣י · because
    “I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
  7. Judges 4:12כִּ֥י · that
    When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
  8. Judges 4:14כִּ֣י · for
    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  9. Judges 4:17כִּ֣י · because
    Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
  10. Judges 4:19כִּ֣י · for
    Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
  11. Judges 5:23כִּ֤י · for
    ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
  12. Judges 6:5כִּ֡י · For
    For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
  13. Judges 6:7כִּֽי־ · when
    Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
  14. Judges 6:16כִּ֥י · Surely
    “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
  15. Judges 6:22כִּֽי־ · that; כִּֽי־
    When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
  16. Judges 6:30כִּ֤י · because; וְכִ֥י
    Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
  17. Judges 6:31כִּ֥י · with
    But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
  18. Judges 6:32כִּ֥י · because
    So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
  19. Judges 6:37כִּֽי־ · that
    …then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
  20. Judges 7:9כִּ֥י · for
    That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
  21. Judges 7:15כִּֽי־ · for
    When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
  22. Judges 8:1כִּ֥י · when
    Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
  23. Judges 8:5כִּי־ · for
    So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  24. Judges 8:6כִּֽי־ · that
    But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
  25. Judges 8:15כִּ֥י · that
    And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
  26. Judges 8:20כִּ֣י; כִּ֥י · because
    So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
  27. Judges 8:21כִּ֥י · for
    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
  28. Judges 8:22כִּ֥י · for
    Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
  29. Judges 8:24כִּֽי־ · For; כִּ֥י · because
    Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
  30. Judges 8:30כִּֽי־ · since
    Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
  31. Judges 9:2כִּֽי־ · that
    “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
  32. Judges 9:3כִּ֥י · for
    And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
  33. Judges 9:5כִּ֥י · because
    He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
  34. Judges 9:18כִּ֥י · because
    …but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
  35. Judges 9:28כִּ֣י · that
    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
  36. Judges 9:38כִּ֣י · that
    “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
  37. Judges 9:47כִּ֣י · that
    And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
  38. Judges 9:55כִּ֣י · that
    And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
  39. Judges 10:10וְכִ֤י · for we have indeed
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
  40. Judges 11:2כִּ֛י · because
    And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
  41. Judges 11:12כִּֽי־ · that
    Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
  42. Judges 11:13כִּֽי־
    The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
  43. Judges 11:16כִּ֖י · But
    But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
  44. Judges 11:18כִּ֥י · since
    Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.