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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 Chronicles 8:9כִּי־ · because
    But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
  2. 2 Chronicles 8:11כִּ֣י · For; כִּי־ · because
    Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 8:14כִּ֣י · for
    In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
  4. 2 Chronicles 9:21כִּֽי־ · For
    For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  5. 2 Chronicles 10:1כִּ֥י · for
    Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
  6. 2 Chronicles 10:15כִּֽי־ · and indeed
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
  7. 2 Chronicles 10:16כִּ֠י · that
    When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
  8. 2 Chronicles 11:4כִּ֧י · for
    …that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
  9. 2 Chronicles 11:14כִּֽי־ · For; כִּֽי־ · because
    For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
  10. 2 Chronicles 11:17כִּ֣י · because
    So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
  11. 2 Chronicles 11:21כִּ֠י
    Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
  12. 2 Chronicles 11:22כִּ֖י
    Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
  13. 2 Chronicles 12:2כִּ֥י · because
    In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem
  14. 2 Chronicles 12:7כִּ֣י · that
    When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
  15. 2 Chronicles 12:8כִּ֥י · Nevertheless
    Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
  16. 2 Chronicles 12:13כִּ֣י
    Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
  17. 2 Chronicles 12:14כִּ֣י · because
    And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
  18. 2 Chronicles 13:5כִּ֞י · that
    Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
  19. 2 Chronicles 13:11כִּֽי־
    Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.
  20. 2 Chronicles 13:12כִּי־ · for
    Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
  21. 2 Chronicles 13:18כִּ֣י · because
    Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  22. 2 Chronicles 14:6כִּֽי־ · Because; כִּֽי־ · because
    Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.
  23. 2 Chronicles 14:7כִּ֤י · because
    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
  24. 2 Chronicles 14:11כִּֽי־ · for
    Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
  25. 2 Chronicles 14:13כִּֽי־ · for
    Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
  26. 2 Chronicles 14:14כִּי־ · because; כִּֽי־ · since
    …and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.
  27. 2 Chronicles 15:5כִּ֚י · because
    In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
  28. 2 Chronicles 15:6כִּֽי־ · for
    Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
  29. 2 Chronicles 15:7כִּ֛י · for
    But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
  30. 2 Chronicles 15:9כִּֽי־ · for; כִּֽי־ · that
    And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
  31. 2 Chronicles 15:15כִּ֤י · for
    And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
  32. 2 Chronicles 16:9כִּ֣י · For; כִּ֣י · therefore
    For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
  33. 2 Chronicles 16:10כִּֽי־ · [and became]
    Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
  34. 2 Chronicles 16:12כִּ֖י · but
    In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.
  35. 2 Chronicles 17:3כִּ֣י · because
    Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals,
  36. 2 Chronicles 17:4כִּ֠י · but
    …but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
  37. 2 Chronicles 18:7כִּֽי־ · because; כִּ֣י · but only
    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.
  38. 2 Chronicles 18:13כִּ֛י
    But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  39. 2 Chronicles 18:17כִּ֥י · 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?”
  40. 2 Chronicles 18:30כִּ֛י · except
    Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
  41. 2 Chronicles 18:32כִּ֥י · that
    And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
  42. 2 Chronicles 18:33כִּ֥י · 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!”
  43. 2 Chronicles 19:3כִּֽי־ · for
    However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”