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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. 2 Samuel 12:12כִּ֥י
    You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
  2. 2 Samuel 12:14כִּֽי־ · because
    Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
  3. 2 Samuel 12:18כִּי־ · that; כִּ֤י · for
    On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
  4. 2 Samuel 12:19כִּ֤י · that; כִּ֣י · that
    When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.
  5. 2 Samuel 12:22כִּ֤י · for
    David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
  6. 2 Samuel 13:2כִּ֥י · for
    Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
  7. 2 Samuel 13:12כִּ֛י · for
    “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
  8. 2 Samuel 13:13כִּ֛י · for
    Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
  9. 2 Samuel 13:15כִּ֣י · that
    Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
  10. 2 Samuel 13:18כִּי֩ · because
    So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
  11. 2 Samuel 13:22כִּֽי־ · because
    And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
  12. 2 Samuel 13:28כִּ֤י · Have
    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
  13. 2 Samuel 13:32כִּֽי־ · for; כִּֽי־ · In fact
    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
  14. 2 Samuel 13:33כִּֽי־
    So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
  15. 2 Samuel 13:39כִּֽי־ · for; כִּֽי־
    And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
  16. 2 Samuel 14:1כִּֽי־ · that
    Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.
  17. 2 Samuel 14:14כִּי־ · For
    For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
  18. 2 Samuel 14:15כִּ֥י · because
    Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
  19. 2 Samuel 14:16כִּ֚י · For
    For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
  20. 2 Samuel 14:17כִּ֣י׀ · for
    And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
  21. 2 Samuel 14:19כִּֽי־ · Yes
    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
  22. 2 Samuel 14:22כִּי־ · that
    Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
  23. 2 Samuel 14:26כִּֽי־ · because
    And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
  24. 2 Samuel 15:8כִּי־ · For
    For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
  25. 2 Samuel 15:14כִּ֛י · or
    And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
  26. 2 Samuel 15:19כִּֽי־ · since
    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
  27. 2 Samuel 15:21כִּ֠י; כִּי־
    But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
  28. 2 Samuel 16:3כִּ֣י · for
    “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
  29. 2 Samuel 16:8כִּ֛י · because
    The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
  30. 2 Samuel 16:10כִּי · If; וְכִי · because
    But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
  31. 2 Samuel 16:11כִּֽי־ · How much more; כִּ֥י · so
    Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
  32. 2 Samuel 16:18כִּי֩ · For
    “Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
  33. 2 Samuel 16:21כִּֽי־ · that
    Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
  34. 2 Samuel 17:8כִּ֧י
    He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
  35. 2 Samuel 17:10כִּֽי־ · because; כִּי־ · that
    Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
  36. 2 Samuel 17:11כִּ֣י · Instead
    Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
  37. 2 Samuel 17:17כִּ֣י · for
    Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
  38. 2 Samuel 17:21כִּי־ · for
    After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
  39. 2 Samuel 17:23כִּ֣י · that
    When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
  40. 2 Samuel 17:29כִּ֣י · For
    …honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
  41. 2 Samuel 18:3כִּי֩ · For; כִּֽי־ · But
    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”