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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. 2 Samuel 24:24כִּֽי־
    “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
  2. 1 Kings 1:11כִּ֥י · that
    Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
  3. 1 Kings 1:13כִּֽי־ · Surely
    Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
  4. 1 Kings 1:17כִּֽי־ · Surely
    “My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
  5. 1 Kings 1:25כִּ֣י׀ · For
    For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
  6. 1 Kings 1:30כִּ֡י · exactly; כִּֽי־ · Surely; כִּ֛י
    I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
  7. 1 Kings 1:42כִּ֣י · for
    As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
  8. 1 Kings 2:7כִּי־ · because
    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
  9. 1 Kings 2:9כִּ֛י · for
    Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
  10. 1 Kings 2:15כִּי־ · that; כִּ֥י · for
    “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
  11. 1 Kings 2:17כִּ֥י · since
    Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
  12. 1 Kings 2:20כִּ֥י · for
    “I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”
  13. 1 Kings 2:22כִּ֛י · Since
    King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
  14. 1 Kings 2:23כִּ֣י · if
    Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
  15. 1 Kings 2:24כִּ֣י · surely
    And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
  16. 1 Kings 2:26כִּ֛י · Even though; כִּֽי־ · since; וְכִ֣י
    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
  17. 1 Kings 2:28כִּ֣י
    When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
  18. 1 Kings 2:29כִּ֣י
    It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
  19. 1 Kings 2:30כִּ֣י
    And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
  20. 1 Kings 2:37כִּ֣י · that
    On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
  21. 1 Kings 2:41כִּי־ · that
    When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
  22. 1 Kings 2:42כִּ֣י · that
    …the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
  23. 1 Kings 3:2כִּ֠י · because
    The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
  24. 1 Kings 3:4כִּ֥י · for
    Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
  25. 1 Kings 3:9כִּ֣י · For
    Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
  26. 1 Kings 3:10כִּ֚י · that
    Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.
  27. 1 Kings 3:22כִ֗י; כִ֔י
    “No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.
  28. 1 Kings 3:23כִ֔י
    Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
  29. 1 Kings 3:26כִּֽי־ · because
    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
  30. 1 Kings 3:28כִּ֣י · for; כִּֽי־ · that
    When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
  31. 1 Kings 4:24כִּי־ · For
    For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
  32. 1 Kings 5:1כִּ֣י; כִּ֥י · that; כִּ֣י · for
    Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
  33. 1 Kings 5:3כִּ֣י
    “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
  34. 1 Kings 5:6כִּ֣י׀ · for; כִּ֣י · that
    Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
  35. 1 Kings 6:6כִּ֡י
    The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
  36. 1 Kings 8:7כִּ֤י · For
    For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
  37. 1 Kings 8:11כִּי־ · For
    …so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
  38. 1 Kings 8:18כִּ֥י
    But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
  39. 1 Kings 8:19כִּ֤י · but
    Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
  40. 1 Kings 8:27כִּ֚י · But
    But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.