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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. Genesis 31:15כִּ֣י · Not only
    Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
  2. Genesis 31:16כִּ֣י · Surely
    Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
  3. Genesis 31:20כִּ֥י · that
    Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
  4. Genesis 31:22כִּ֥י · that
    On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.
  5. Genesis 31:30כִּֽי־ · because
    Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
  6. Genesis 31:31כִּ֣י; כִּ֣י · for
    “I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
  7. Genesis 31:32כִּ֥י · that
    If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
  8. Genesis 31:35כִּ֣י · that; כִּי־ · for
    Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.
  9. Genesis 31:36כִּ֥י
    Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
  10. Genesis 31:37כִּֽי־
    You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
  11. Genesis 31:42כִּ֥י · surely
    If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
  12. Genesis 31:49כִּ֥י · when
    It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
  13. Genesis 32:10כִּ֣י · Indeed
    I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
  14. Genesis 32:11כִּֽי־ · for
    Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
  15. Genesis 32:17כִּ֣י · When
    He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
  16. Genesis 32:20כִּֽי־ · For
    You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
  17. Genesis 32:25כִּ֣י · that
    When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
  18. Genesis 32:26כִּ֥י · for; כִּ֖י · unless
    Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
  19. Genesis 32:28כִּ֖י · because; כִּֽי־
    Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
  20. Genesis 32:30כִּֽי־ · saying, “Indeed
    So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
  21. Genesis 32:32כִּ֤י · because
    Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
  22. Genesis 33:10כִּ֣י · indeed
    But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
  23. Genesis 33:11כִּֽי־ · because; וְכִ֣י
    Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
  24. Genesis 33:13כִּֽי־ · that
    But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
  25. Genesis 34:5כִּ֤י · that
    Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
  26. Genesis 34:7כִּֽי־ · because
    When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
  27. Genesis 34:14כִּֽי־
    “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
  28. Genesis 34:19כִּ֥י · because
    The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
  29. Genesis 35:7כִּ֣י · because
    There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
  30. Genesis 35:10כִּ֤י · Instead
    And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
  31. Genesis 35:17כִּֽי־ · for
    During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
  32. Genesis 35:18כִּ֣י · for
    And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
  33. Genesis 36:7כִּֽי־ · For
    For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
  34. Genesis 37:3כִּֽי־ · because
    Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
  35. Genesis 37:4כִּֽי־ · that
    When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
  36. Genesis 37:17כִּ֤י
    “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
  37. Genesis 37:26כִּ֤י · if
    Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
  38. Genesis 37:27כִּֽי־ · for
    Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
  39. Genesis 37:35כִּֽי־
    All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
  40. Genesis 38:9כִּ֛י · that
    But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
  41. Genesis 38:11כִּ֣י · For
    Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
  42. Genesis 38:14כִּ֤י · For; כִּֽי־ · that
    …she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
  43. Genesis 38:15כִּ֥י · because
    When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
  44. Genesis 38:16כִּ֚י
    Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.