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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. Genesis 24:4כִּ֧י · but
    …but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
  2. Genesis 24:14כִּי־ · that
    Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
  3. Genesis 24:41כִּ֥י · And when
    And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
  4. Genesis 25:21כִּ֥י · because
    Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
  5. Genesis 25:28כִּי־ · Because
    Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
  6. Genesis 25:30כִּ֥י · for
    He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
  7. Genesis 26:3כִּֽי־ · For
    Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
  8. Genesis 26:7כִּ֤י · For; כִּֽי־ · because
    But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
  9. Genesis 26:8כִּ֣י · When
    When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
  10. Genesis 26:9כִּ֣י · Because
    Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
  11. Genesis 26:13כִּֽי־
    …and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
  12. Genesis 26:16כִּֽי־ · for
    Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
  13. Genesis 26:20כִּ֥י · because
    But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
  14. Genesis 26:22כִּֽי־ · At last
    He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
  15. Genesis 26:24כִּֽי־ · for
    …and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
  16. Genesis 26:28כִּֽי־ · that
    “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
  17. Genesis 27:1כִּֽי־ · When
    When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
  18. Genesis 27:20כִּ֥י · Because
    But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
  19. Genesis 27:23כִּֽי־ · because
    Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
  20. Genesis 27:36הֲכִי֩ · Is he not rightly
    So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
  21. Genesis 28:6כִּֽי־ · that
    Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
  22. Genesis 28:8כִּ֥י · that
    And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
  23. Genesis 28:11כִּי־ · because
    On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
  24. Genesis 28:15כִּ֚י · For
    Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
  25. Genesis 28:17כִּ֚י · other than
    And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
  26. Genesis 29:2כִּ֚י · because
    He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
  27. Genesis 29:9כִּ֥י · for
    While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
  28. Genesis 29:12כִּ֣י · that; וְכִ֥י
    He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
  29. Genesis 29:15הֲכִי־ · Just because
    Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
  30. Genesis 29:21כִּ֥י · for
    Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
  31. Genesis 29:31כִּֽי־ · that
    When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
  32. Genesis 29:32כִּ֣י · for; כִּֽי־ · Surely; כִּ֥י
    And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
  33. Genesis 29:33כִּֽי־ · that; כִּֽי־
    Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
  34. Genesis 29:34כִּֽי־ · because
    Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
  35. Genesis 30:1כִּ֣י · that
    When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
  36. Genesis 30:9כִּ֥י · that
    When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
  37. Genesis 30:13כִּ֥י · For
    Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
  38. Genesis 30:16כִּ֚י · for
    When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
  39. Genesis 30:20כִּֽי־ · because
    “God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
  40. Genesis 30:26כִּ֚י
    Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
  41. Genesis 30:30כִּ֡י · Indeed
    Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
  42. Genesis 30:33כִּֽי־ · when
    So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
  43. Genesis 31:5כִּֽי־ · that
    …and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
  44. Genesis 31:6כִּ֚י · that
    You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
  45. Genesis 31:12כִּ֣י · for
    ‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.