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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. Judges 21:15כִּֽי־ · because
    The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
  2. Judges 21:16כִּֽי־ · since
    Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
  3. Judges 21:18כִּֽי־ · For
    But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
  4. Judges 21:22כִּֽי־ · When; כִּ֣י · since; כִּ֣י · Since
    When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
  5. Ruth 1:6כִּ֤י · When; כִּֽי־ · that
    When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
  6. Ruth 1:10כִּי־ · Surely
    …and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
  7. Ruth 1:12כִּ֥י · for; כִּ֤י · Even if
    Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
  8. Ruth 1:13כִּֽי־; כִּֽי־ · because
    …would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
  9. Ruth 1:16כִּ֠י · For
    But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
  10. Ruth 1:17כִּ֣י · if
    Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
  11. Ruth 1:18כִּֽי־ · that
    When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
  12. Ruth 1:20כִּי־ · because
    “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
  13. Ruth 2:13כִּ֣י · for; וְכִ֥י
    “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
  14. Ruth 2:21כִּי־
    Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”
  15. Ruth 2:22כִּ֤י
    And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”
  16. Ruth 3:9כִּ֥י · for
    “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”
  17. Ruth 3:11כִּ֤י · since; כִּ֛י · that
    And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
  18. Ruth 3:12כִּ֣י · Yes; כִּ֥י · that
    Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.
  19. Ruth 3:14כִּי־ · that
    So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
  20. Ruth 3:17כִּ֚י · for
    And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
  21. Ruth 3:18כִּ֣י · for; כִּֽי־ · unless
    “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
  22. Ruth 4:4כִּ֣י · because
    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
  23. Ruth 4:6כִּ֥י · because
    The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
  24. Ruth 4:9כִּ֤י · that
    At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
  25. Ruth 4:15כִּ֣י · For
    He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
  26. 1 Samuel 1:5כִּ֤י · for
    But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
  27. 1 Samuel 1:6כִּֽי־ · Because
    Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.
  28. 1 Samuel 1:12כִּ֣י · As
    As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
  29. 1 Samuel 1:16כִּֽי־
    Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
  30. 1 Samuel 1:20כִּ֥י · [saying,] “Because
    So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
  31. 1 Samuel 1:22כִּֽי־
    …but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
  32. 1 Samuel 2:1כִּ֥י · for
    At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
  33. 1 Samuel 2:2כִּ֣י · Indeed
    There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
  34. 1 Samuel 2:3כִּ֣י · for
    Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
  35. 1 Samuel 2:8כִּ֤י · For
    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
  36. 1 Samuel 2:9כִּֽי־ · for
    He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
  37. 1 Samuel 2:15כִּ֥י · you
    Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
  38. 1 Samuel 2:16כִּ֚י
    And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
  39. 1 Samuel 2:17כִּ֤י · for
    Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
  40. 1 Samuel 2:21כִּֽי־ · So
    So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
  41. 1 Samuel 2:24כִּ֠י
    No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.