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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. 1 Samuel 26:3כִּ֣י · that
    Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
  2. 1 Samuel 26:4כִּֽי־ · that
    David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
  3. 1 Samuel 26:9כִּ֠י · for
    But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
  4. 1 Samuel 26:10כִּ֥י
    David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
  5. 1 Samuel 26:12כִּ֤י; כִּ֚י · because
    So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
  6. 1 Samuel 26:15כִּי־ · when
    So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
  7. 1 Samuel 26:16כִּ֤י
    This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
  8. 1 Samuel 26:18כִּ֚י
    And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
  9. 1 Samuel 26:19כִּֽי־ · For
    Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
  10. 1 Samuel 26:20כִּֽי־ · For
    So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
  11. 1 Samuel 26:21כִּ֠י
    Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
  12. 1 Samuel 27:1כִּ֣י · than
    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
  13. 1 Samuel 27:4כִּֽי־ · that
    And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
  14. 1 Samuel 27:8כִּ֣י · From
    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
  15. 1 Samuel 28:1כִּ֤י · that
    Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
  16. 1 Samuel 28:13כִּ֣י
    “Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
  17. 1 Samuel 28:14כִּֽי־ · that
    “What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
  18. 1 Samuel 28:20כִּ֣י · because
    Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
  19. 1 Samuel 28:21כִּי־ · how
    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
  20. 1 Samuel 28:22כִּ֥י · to
    Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”
  21. 1 Samuel 29:6כִּי־; כִּ֠י · because
    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
  22. 1 Samuel 29:8כִּ֣י · But; כִּ֣י · to
    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
  23. 1 Samuel 29:9כִּ֣י · that
    Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
  24. 1 Samuel 30:6כִּֽי־ · because; כִּֽי־ · because
    And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  25. 1 Samuel 30:8כִּֽי־
    …and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
  26. 1 Samuel 30:12כִּ֠י · for
    …a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
  27. 1 Samuel 30:13כִּ֥י · when
    Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
  28. 1 Samuel 30:17כִּי֩ · except
    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
  29. 1 Samuel 30:22כִּֽי־ · except
    …but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
  30. 1 Samuel 30:24כִּ֞י
    Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
  31. 1 Samuel 31:4כִּ֥י
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  32. 1 Samuel 31:5כִּ֣י · that
    When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
  33. 1 Samuel 31:7כִּֽי־ · that; וְכִי־ · and that
    When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
  34. 2 Samuel 1:5כִּי־ · that
    Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
  35. 2 Samuel 1:9כִּ֥י · for; כִּֽי־ · but
    Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
  36. 2 Samuel 1:10כִּ֣י · because; כִּ֛י · that
    So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
  37. 2 Samuel 1:12כִּ֥י · because
    They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
  38. 2 Samuel 1:16כִּ֣י · because
    For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
  39. 2 Samuel 1:21כִּ֣י · For
    O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
  40. 2 Samuel 2:7כִּי־ · for
    Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
  41. 2 Samuel 2:26כִּֽי־ · that
    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
  42. 2 Samuel 2:27כִּ֥י · if you had not; כִּ֣י
    “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”