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 28:10כִּֽי־ · that
    Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 28:20כִּי֩ · for
    David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:1כִּ֣י · because; כִּ֖י · but
    Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:9כִּ֚י · for
    And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:11כִּי־ · for
    Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
  6. 1 Chronicles 29:14וְכִ֨י · But; כִּֽי־ · that; כִּֽי־ · For
    But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
  7. 1 Chronicles 29:15כִּֽי־ · For
    For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
  8. 1 Chronicles 29:17כִּ֤י · that
    I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
  9. 2 Chronicles 1:3כִּי־ · because
    And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
  10. 2 Chronicles 1:4כִּ֧י · because
    Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
  11. 2 Chronicles 1:9כִּ֤י · For
    Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
  12. 2 Chronicles 1:10כִּֽי־ · For
    Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
  13. 2 Chronicles 2:5כִּֽי־ · for
    The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
  14. 2 Chronicles 2:6כִּ֧י · since; כִּ֖י · except [as a place]
    But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?
  15. 2 Chronicles 2:8כִּ֚י · for
    Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours
  16. 2 Chronicles 2:9כִּ֥י · because
    …to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
  17. 2 Chronicles 4:18כִּ֛י · that
    Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
  18. 2 Chronicles 5:11כִּ֠י · Now
    Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,
  19. 2 Chronicles 5:13כִּ֣י · For; כִּ֥י
    The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
  20. 2 Chronicles 5:14כִּֽי־ · 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 God.
  21. 2 Chronicles 6:8כִּ֥י · to have this
    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.
  22. 2 Chronicles 6:9כִּ֤י · but
    Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
  23. 2 Chronicles 6:13כִּֽי־ · Now
    Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
  24. 2 Chronicles 6:18כִּ֚י · But; כִּֽי־
    But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
  25. 2 Chronicles 6:24כִּ֣י · because
    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
  26. 2 Chronicles 6:26כִּ֣י · because; כִּ֥י · because
    When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
  27. 2 Chronicles 6:27כִּ֥י · so that
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
  28. 2 Chronicles 6:28כִּֽי־ · When; כִּֽי־ · [or]; כִּ֣י; כִּ֧י · [or] when
    When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
  29. 2 Chronicles 6:30כִּ֤י · for
    …be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
  30. 2 Chronicles 6:33כִּֽי־ · that
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  31. 2 Chronicles 6:34כִּֽי־ · When
    When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
  32. 2 Chronicles 6:36כִּ֣י · When; כִּ֣י · for
    When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
  33. 2 Chronicles 7:2כִּֽי־ · because
    The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
  34. 2 Chronicles 7:3כִּ֣י · For; כִּ֥י
    When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
  35. 2 Chronicles 7:6כִּֽי־ · For
    The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
  36. 2 Chronicles 7:7כִּֽי־ · and; כִּֽי־ · since
    Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.
  37. 2 Chronicles 7:9כִּ֣י׀ · for
    On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.