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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 18:3כִּי־ · if
    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.”
  2. 2 Samuel 18:12כִּ֣י · For
    The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
  3. 2 Samuel 18:16כִּֽי־ · because
    Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
  4. 2 Samuel 18:18כִּ֤י · for
    During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
  5. 2 Samuel 18:19כִּי־ · that
    Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
  6. 2 Samuel 18:20כִּֽי־ · because
    But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
  7. 2 Samuel 18:31כִּֽי־
    Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
  8. 2 Samuel 19:2כִּֽי־ · because
    And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
  9. 2 Samuel 19:6כִּ֣י׀ · that; כִּ֣י; כִּ֣י׀ · that; כִּ֠י; כִּי־
    You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!
  10. 2 Samuel 19:7כִּי֩ · for; כִּי־ · that if
    Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
  11. 2 Samuel 19:20כִּ֚י · For; כִּ֖י · that
    For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
  12. 2 Samuel 19:21כִּ֥י · because
    But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
  13. 2 Samuel 19:22כִּי־ · that; כִּ֚י · indeed; כִּ֥י · that
    And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
  14. 2 Samuel 19:25כִּי־
    And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
  15. 2 Samuel 19:26כִּֽי־; כִּ֥י · because
    “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
  16. 2 Samuel 19:28כִּי֩ · For; כִּ֤י
    For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
  17. 2 Samuel 19:32כִּֽי־ · and since
    Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
  18. 2 Samuel 19:34כִּי־ · that
    But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
  19. 2 Samuel 19:42כִּֽי־ · [We did this] because
    And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
  20. 2 Samuel 20:12כִּֽי־ · that
    But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
  21. 2 Samuel 20:21כִּ֡י · But
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  22. 2 Samuel 21:2כִּ֚י · but
    At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
  23. 2 Samuel 22:5כִּ֥י · For
    For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
  24. 2 Samuel 22:8כִּֽי־ · because
    Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
  25. 2 Samuel 22:18כִּ֥י
    He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
  26. 2 Samuel 22:20כִּי־ · because
    He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
  27. 2 Samuel 22:22כִּ֥י · For
    For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
  28. 2 Samuel 22:23כִּ֥י · For
    For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
  29. 2 Samuel 22:29כִּֽי־ · For
    For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
  30. 2 Samuel 22:30כִּ֥י · For
    For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
  31. 2 Samuel 22:32כִּ֥י · For
    For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
  32. 2 Samuel 23:5כִּֽי־; כִּי֩ · For; כִּֽי־; כִּֽי־
    Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
  33. 2 Samuel 23:6כִּֽי־ · for
    But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
  34. 2 Samuel 23:10כִּֽי־
    …but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
  35. 2 Samuel 23:19הֲכִ֣י · Was he not
    Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
  36. 2 Samuel 24:10כִּ֥י · for
    After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
  37. 2 Samuel 24:14כִּֽי־ · for
    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”