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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 21:5כִּ֣י; כִּ֥י · more so
    David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
  2. 1 Samuel 21:6כִּי֩ · since; כִּֽי־
    So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
  3. 1 Samuel 21:8כִּ֣י · For; כִּֽי־ · because
    Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
  4. 1 Samuel 21:9כִּ֣י · For
    The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
  5. 1 Samuel 21:15כִּי־ · that
    Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
  6. 1 Samuel 22:6כִּ֚י · that
    Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
  7. 1 Samuel 22:8כִּי֩ · Is that; כִּ֣י · that
    Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
  8. 1 Samuel 22:15כִּ֠י · for
    Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
  9. 1 Samuel 22:17כִּ֤י · because; וְכִ֤י · For; כִּֽי־
    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
  10. 1 Samuel 22:21כִּ֚י · that
    And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.
  11. 1 Samuel 22:22כִּֽי־ · and that; כִּֽי־
    Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
  12. 1 Samuel 22:23כִּ֛י · for; כִּֽי־
    Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
  13. 1 Samuel 23:3כִּֽי־ · if
    But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
  14. 1 Samuel 23:4כִּֽי־ · for
    Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  15. 1 Samuel 23:7כִּי־ · that; כִּ֚י · for
    When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
  16. 1 Samuel 23:9כִּ֣י · that
    When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
  17. 1 Samuel 23:10כִּֽי־ · that
    And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
  18. 1 Samuel 23:13כִּֽי־ · that
    Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
  19. 1 Samuel 23:15כִּֽי־ · that
    While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
  20. 1 Samuel 23:17כִּ֠י · for
    …saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
  21. 1 Samuel 23:21כִּ֥י · for
    “May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
  22. 1 Samuel 23:22כִּ֚י · for
    Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
  23. 1 Samuel 23:27כִּֽי־ · for
    Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
  24. 1 Samuel 24:6כִּֽי־ · since
    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
  25. 1 Samuel 24:10כִּי־ · since
    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
  26. 1 Samuel 24:11כִּ֡י · For; כִּי֩ · that
    See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
  27. 1 Samuel 24:17כִּ֤י · for
    …and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
  28. 1 Samuel 24:19וְכִֽי־ · When
    When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
  29. 1 Samuel 24:20כִּ֥י
    Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
  30. 1 Samuel 25:4כִּֽי־ · that
    While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
  31. 1 Samuel 25:7כִּ֥י · that
    Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
  32. 1 Samuel 25:8כִּֽי־ · for
    Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
  33. 1 Samuel 25:17כִּֽי־ · because
    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
  34. 1 Samuel 25:25כִּ֤י · for
    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
  35. 1 Samuel 25:28כִּ֣י · for; כִּי־ · because
    Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
  36. 1 Samuel 25:30כִּֽי־ · When
    When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
  37. 1 Samuel 25:34כִּ֣י׀ · if you had not; כִּ֣י · then surely
    Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
  38. 1 Samuel 25:39כִּ֣י · that
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.