Keraia
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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 Kings 17:24כִּ֛י · that
    Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”
  2. 1 Kings 18:9כִּֽי־ · that
    But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
  3. 1 Kings 18:10כִּ֖י
    As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
  4. 1 Kings 18:15כִּ֥י
    Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
  5. 1 Kings 18:18כִּ֥י · but
    “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
  6. 1 Kings 18:25כִּ֥י · Since
    Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
  7. 1 Kings 18:27כִּֽי־ · for; כִּ֣י; וְכִֽי־; וְכִֽי־
    At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
  8. 1 Kings 18:36כִּֽי־ · that
    At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
  9. 1 Kings 18:37כִּֽי־ · that
    Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
  10. 1 Kings 18:41כִּי־ · for
    And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
  11. 1 Kings 19:2כִּֽי־ · if
    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
  12. 1 Kings 19:4כִּֽי־ · for
    …while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
  13. 1 Kings 19:7כִּ֛י
    A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
  14. 1 Kings 19:10כִּֽי־ · but
    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
  15. 1 Kings 19:14כִּֽי־ · but
    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
  16. 1 Kings 19:20כִּ֥י · for
    So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
  17. 1 Kings 20:5כִּֽי־
    The messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
  18. 1 Kings 20:6כִּ֣י׀ · But
    But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
  19. 1 Kings 20:7כִּ֥י · that; כִּֽי־ · for
    Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
  20. 1 Kings 20:13כִּֽי־ · that
    Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  21. 1 Kings 20:22כִּ֚י · for
    Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
  22. 1 Kings 20:28כִּֽי־ · that
    Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  23. 1 Kings 20:31כִּ֗י · that; כִּֽי־
    Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
  24. 1 Kings 20:41כִּ֥י · as
    Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
  25. 1 Kings 21:2כִּ֣י · since
    So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
  26. 1 Kings 21:6כִּֽי־ · Because
    Ahab answered, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and told him, ‘Give me your vineyard for silver, or if you wish, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ And he replied, ‘I will not give you my vineyard!’”
  27. 1 Kings 21:15כִּֽי־ · that; כִּ֣י · For; כִּי־ · but
    When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
  28. 1 Kings 21:16כִּ֣י · that
    And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  29. 1 Kings 21:29כִּֽי־ · how; כִּֽי־
    “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
  30. 1 Kings 22:3כִּֽי־ · that
    …who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
  31. 1 Kings 22:8כִּ֠י · because; כִּ֣י
    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  32. 1 Kings 22:14כִּ֠י
    But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
  33. 1 Kings 22:18כִּ֥י · but only
    Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
  34. 1 Kings 22:31כִּ֛י · except
    Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
  35. 1 Kings 22:33כִּֽי־ · that
    And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
  36. 1 Kings 22:34כִּ֥י · for
    However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
  37. 1 Kings 22:48כִּֽי־ · because
    Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
  38. 2 Kings 1:4כִּ֣י
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
  39. 2 Kings 1:6כִּֽי־
    They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
  40. 2 Kings 1:16כִּֽי־
    And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
  41. 2 Kings 1:17כִּ֛י · And since
    So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.