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. 1 Samuel 10:19כִּי־ · No
    But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
  2. 1 Samuel 10:24כִּ֛י
    Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
  3. 1 Samuel 11:5כִּ֣י · Why
    Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
  4. 1 Samuel 11:13כִּ֥י · for
    But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
  5. 1 Samuel 12:5כִּ֣י · that
    Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.
  6. 1 Samuel 12:10כִּ֤י · for
    Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
  7. 1 Samuel 12:12כִּֽי־ · that; כִּי־
    But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
  8. 1 Samuel 12:17כִּֽי־
    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
  9. 1 Samuel 12:19כִּֽי־ · For
    They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
  10. 1 Samuel 12:21כִּ֣י׀; כִּי־ · for
    Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
  11. 1 Samuel 12:22כִּ֠י · Indeed; כִּ֚י · because
    Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
  12. 1 Samuel 12:24כִּ֣י
    Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
  13. 1 Samuel 13:6כִּ֣י · that; כִּ֥י · because
    Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
  14. 1 Samuel 13:11כִּֽי־ · When; כִֽי־ · that
    “What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
  15. 1 Samuel 13:13כִּ֣י
    “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
  16. 1 Samuel 13:14כִּ֚י · because
    But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
  17. 1 Samuel 13:19כִּֽי־ · because
    And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
  18. 1 Samuel 14:3כִּ֥י · that
    …including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
  19. 1 Samuel 14:6כִּ֣י · behalf
    Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
  20. 1 Samuel 14:10כִּֽי־ · because
    But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we will go up, because this will be our sign that the LORD has delivered them into our hands.”
  21. 1 Samuel 14:12כִּֽי־ · for
    So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
  22. 1 Samuel 14:18כִּֽי־ · For
    Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
  23. 1 Samuel 14:22כִּֽי־ · that
    When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.
  24. 1 Samuel 14:26כִּֽי־ · because
    And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
  25. 1 Samuel 14:29כִּֽי־ · at how; כִּ֣י · because
    “My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
  26. 1 Samuel 14:30כִּ֡י; כִּ֥י
    How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
  27. 1 Samuel 14:39כִּ֣י · As surely as; כִּ֧י · even; כִּ֣י
    As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
  28. 1 Samuel 14:44כִּֽי־ · do not
    And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
  29. 1 Samuel 14:45כִּֽי־ · for
    But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
  30. 1 Samuel 15:11כִּֽי־ · that; כִּֽי־ · for
    “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
  31. 1 Samuel 15:23כִּ֤י · For
    For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
  32. 1 Samuel 15:24כִּֽי־; כִּ֤י · because
    Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
  33. 1 Samuel 15:26כִּ֤י · For
    “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
  34. 1 Samuel 15:29כִּ֣י · for
    Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
  35. 1 Samuel 15:35כִּֽי־; כִּֽי־ · that
    And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
  36. 1 Samuel 16:1כִּֽי־ · for
    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
  37. 1 Samuel 16:7כִּ֣י · for; כִּ֣י׀
    But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”