Keraia
Lexicon

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. 1 Samuel 2:25כִּֽי־ · since
    If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:30כִּֽי־ · For
    Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  3. 1 Samuel 3:5כִּֽי־ · for
    He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
  4. 1 Samuel 3:6כִּ֥י · for
    Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
  5. 1 Samuel 3:8כִּ֥י · for; כִּ֥י
    Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
  6. 1 Samuel 3:9כִּ֥י · for
    “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
  7. 1 Samuel 3:10כִּ֥י · for
    Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
  8. 1 Samuel 3:13כִּֽי־ · that; כִּֽי־ · because
    I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
  9. 1 Samuel 3:20כִּ֚י · that
    So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
  10. 1 Samuel 3:21כִּֽי־ · because
    And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.
  11. 1 Samuel 4:6כִּ֚י · that
    On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
  12. 1 Samuel 4:7כִּ֣י; כִּ֣י · for
    …the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
  13. 1 Samuel 4:13כִּֽי־ · because
    When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
  14. 1 Samuel 4:18כִּֽי־ · and being
    As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
  15. 1 Samuel 4:19כִּֽי־ · for
    Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
  16. 1 Samuel 4:20כִּ֣י · for
    As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
  17. 1 Samuel 4:22כִּ֥י · for
    “The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
  18. 1 Samuel 5:7כִּֽי־ · what was happening; כִּֽי־ · because
    And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
  19. 1 Samuel 5:11כִּֽי־ · For
    Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
  20. 1 Samuel 6:3כִּֽי־ · but
    They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
  21. 1 Samuel 6:4כִּֽי־ · since
    “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
  22. 1 Samuel 6:9כִּ֣י · that
    …but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
  23. 1 Samuel 6:19כִּ֤י · because; כִּֽי־ · because
    But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
  24. 1 Samuel 7:7כִּֽי־ · that
    When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
  25. 1 Samuel 7:17כִּֽי־ · because
    Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
  26. 1 Samuel 8:7כִּ֣י · For; כִּֽי־ · but
    And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
  27. 1 Samuel 8:9כִּֽי־
    Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
  28. 1 Samuel 8:19כִּ֥י
    Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
  29. 1 Samuel 9:7כִּ֤י · For
    “If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
  30. 1 Samuel 9:9כִּ֤י · For
    (Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
  31. 1 Samuel 9:12כִּ֤י · for; כִּ֣י · because
    “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.
  32. 1 Samuel 9:13כִּ֠י; כִּֽי־ · because; כִּֽי־
    As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
  33. 1 Samuel 9:16כִּ֤י · For; כִּ֛י · because
    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
  34. 1 Samuel 9:20כִּ֣י · for
    As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
  35. 1 Samuel 9:24כִּ֧י · for
    So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.
  36. 1 Samuel 10:1כִּֽי־
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
  37. 1 Samuel 10:7כִּ֥י · When; כִּ֥י · for
    When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
  38. 1 Samuel 10:14כִי־
    Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
  39. 1 Samuel 10:16כִּ֥י · that
    And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.