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 Chronicles 15:22כִּ֥י · because
    Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
  2. 1 Chronicles 16:25כִּי֩ · For
    For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
  3. 1 Chronicles 16:26כִּ֠י · For
    For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
  4. 1 Chronicles 16:33כִּי־ · for
    Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.
  5. 1 Chronicles 16:34כִּ֣י · for; כִּ֥י
    Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
  6. 1 Chronicles 16:41כִּ֥י · for
    With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”
  7. 1 Chronicles 17:2כִּ֥י · for
    And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
  8. 1 Chronicles 17:5כִּ֣י · For
    For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
  9. 1 Chronicles 17:11כִּֽי־ · when
    And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
  10. 1 Chronicles 17:16כִּ֥י · that
    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
  11. 1 Chronicles 17:25כִּ֣י׀ · For
    For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
  12. 1 Chronicles 17:27כִּֽי־ · For
    So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
  13. 1 Chronicles 18:9כִּ֚י · that
    When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
  14. 1 Chronicles 18:10כִּי־ · [who]
    …he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
  15. 1 Chronicles 19:2כִּֽי־ · because
    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
  16. 1 Chronicles 19:3כִּֽי־ · Just because
    …the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
  17. 1 Chronicles 19:5כִּי־ · since
    When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  18. 1 Chronicles 19:6כִּ֥י
    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
  19. 1 Chronicles 19:10כִּֽי־
    When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
  20. 1 Chronicles 19:15כִּי־ · that
    When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
  21. 1 Chronicles 19:16כִּ֣י · that
    When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
  22. 1 Chronicles 19:19כִּ֤י · that
    When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
  23. 1 Chronicles 21:6כִּֽי־ · because
    But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
  24. 1 Chronicles 21:8כִּ֥י · for
    Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
  25. 1 Chronicles 21:13כִּֽי־ · for
    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
  26. 1 Chronicles 21:18כִּ֣י׀
    Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  27. 1 Chronicles 21:24כִּֽי־; כִּ֠י · for
    “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
  28. 1 Chronicles 21:28כִּי־ · that
    At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
  29. 1 Chronicles 21:30כִּ֣י · because
    …but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
  30. 1 Chronicles 22:4כִּֽי · for
    …and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
  31. 1 Chronicles 22:8כִּ֚י · because
    …but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
  32. 1 Chronicles 22:9כִּ֤י · for
    But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
  33. 1 Chronicles 22:14כִּ֥י · too great
    Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
  34. 1 Chronicles 22:18כִּ֣י׀ · For
    “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
  35. 1 Chronicles 23:22כִּ֣י · he had only
    Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
  36. 1 Chronicles 23:25כִּ֚י · For
    For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
  37. 1 Chronicles 23:27כִּ֣י · For
    For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
  38. 1 Chronicles 23:28כִּ֣י · but
    …but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
  39. 1 Chronicles 24:5כִּי־ · for
    Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
  40. 1 Chronicles 26:5כִּ֥י · For
    Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth. For God had blessed Obed-edom.
  41. 1 Chronicles 26:6כִּֽי־ · because
    Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.
  42. 1 Chronicles 26:10כִּ֣י · although
    Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
  43. 1 Chronicles 27:23כִּ֚י · because
    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
  44. 1 Chronicles 28:3כִּ֣י · because
    …but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’
  45. 1 Chronicles 28:4כִּ֤י · For
    Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
  46. 1 Chronicles 28:5כִּ֚י · for
    And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
  47. 1 Chronicles 28:6כִּי־ · for
    And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
  48. 1 Chronicles 28:9כִּ֤י · for
    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.