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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. Nehemiah 9:10כִּ֣י · for; כִּ֥י
    You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
  2. Nehemiah 9:18כִּֽי־ · when
    Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,
  3. Nehemiah 9:31כִּ֛י · for
    But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
  4. Nehemiah 9:33כִּֽי־ · because
    You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  5. Nehemiah 10:39כִּ֣י · For
    For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
  6. Nehemiah 11:23כִּֽי־ · For
    For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.
  7. Nehemiah 12:29כִּ֣י · for
    …from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
  8. Nehemiah 12:43כִּ֤י · because
    On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
  9. Nehemiah 12:44כִּ֚י · because
    And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
  10. Nehemiah 12:46כִּֽי־ · For
    For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
  11. Nehemiah 13:2כִּ֣י · because
    …because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
  12. Nehemiah 13:6כִּ֡י · because
    While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king
  13. Nehemiah 13:10כִּֽי־ · that
    I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
  14. Nehemiah 13:13כִּ֤י · because
    I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
  15. Esther 1:8כִּי־
    By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.
  16. Esther 1:11כִּֽי־ · For
    …to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.
  17. Esther 1:13כִּי־ · for it was
    Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.
  18. Esther 1:16כִּ֤י · but
    And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
  19. Esther 1:17כִּֽי־ · For
    For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
  20. Esther 1:20כִּ֥י · and so
    The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
  21. Esther 2:7כִּ֛י · because
    And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.
  22. Esther 2:10כִּ֧י · because
    Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
  23. Esther 2:12כִּ֛י
    In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.
  24. Esther 2:14כִּ֣י · unless
    She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
  25. Esther 2:15כִּ֠י · except
    Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
  26. Esther 3:2כִּי־ · because
    All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
  27. Esther 3:4כִּֽי־ · since
    Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
  28. Esther 3:5כִּי־ · that
    When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
  29. Esther 3:6כִּֽי־ · And when
    And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
  30. Esther 4:2כִּ֣י · because
    But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
  31. Esther 4:14כִּ֣י · For
    For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
  32. Esther 5:12כִּ֣י · one
    “What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
  33. Esther 6:13כִּֽי־ · for
    Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
  34. Esther 7:4כִּ֤י · For; כִּ֣י · because
    For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
  35. Esther 7:7כִּ֣י · for; כִּֽי־ · that
    In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
  36. Esther 8:1כִּֽי־ · because
    That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
  37. Esther 8:6כִּ֠י · For
    For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
  38. Esther 8:8כִּֽי־
    Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
  39. Esther 8:17כִּֽי־ · because
    In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
  40. Esther 9:2כִּֽי־ · because
    In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
  41. Esther 9:3כִּֽי־ · because
    And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
  42. Esther 9:4כִּֽי־ · For; כִּֽי־ · as
    For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
  43. Esther 9:24כִּי֩ · For
    For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
  44. Esther 10:3כִּ֣י׀ · For
    For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
  45. Job 1:5כִּ֣י · when; כִּ֚י · For
    And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.