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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. Job 10:13כִּי־ · that
    Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
  2. Job 11:6כִּֽי־ · for; כִּֽי־ · then that
    …and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
  3. Job 11:11כִּי־ · Surely
    Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
  4. Job 11:15כִּי־ · indeed
    …then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.
  5. Job 11:16כִּי־ · For
    For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
  6. Job 11:18כִּי־ · because
    You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
  7. Job 12:2כִּ֣י · then
    “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
  8. Job 12:9כִּ֥י · that
    Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
  9. Job 13:9כִּֽי־ · when
    Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
  10. Job 13:16כִּי־ · for
    Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
  11. Job 13:18כִּֽי־ · that
    See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
  12. Job 13:19כִּֽי־ · If
    Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
  13. Job 13:26כִּֽי־ · For
    For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
  14. Job 14:7כִּ֤י · For
    For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
  15. Job 14:16כִּֽי־ · For
    For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
  16. Job 15:5כִּ֤י · For
    For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
  17. Job 15:13כִּֽי־ · so that
    …so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
  18. Job 15:14כִּֽי־ · that; וְכִֽי־ · that
    What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
  19. Job 15:16כִּֽי־
    …how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
  20. Job 15:23כִּֽי־
    He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
  21. Job 15:25כִּֽי־ · For
    For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
  22. Job 15:27כִּֽי־ · Though
    Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
  23. Job 15:31כִּי־ · for
    Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
  24. Job 15:34כִּֽי־ · For
    For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
  25. Job 16:3כִּ֣י · to
    Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
  26. Job 16:22כִּֽי־ · For when
    For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
  27. Job 17:4כִּֽי־
    You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
  28. Job 18:8כִּֽי־ · For
    For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
  29. Job 19:6כִּי־ · that
    …then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
  30. Job 19:21כִּ֥י · for
    Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
  31. Job 19:28כִּ֣י · If
    If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
  32. Job 19:29כִּֽי־ · because
    …then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
  33. Job 20:5כִּ֤י
    …the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
  34. Job 20:19כִּֽי־ · For
    For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
  35. Job 20:20כִּ֤י׀ · Because
    Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
  36. Job 21:15כִּֽי־ · that; כִּ֣י · if
    Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
  37. Job 21:21כִּ֤י · For
    For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
  38. Job 21:28כִּ֤י · For
    For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
  39. Job 21:30כִּ֤י · Indeed
    Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
  40. Job 22:2כִּֽי־ · Can even
    “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
  41. Job 22:3כִּ֣י · that; כִּֽי־ · if
    Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
  42. Job 22:6כִּֽי־ · For
    For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
  43. Job 22:12כִּי־ · how
    Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
  44. Job 22:26כִּי־ · Surely
    Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
  45. Job 22:29כִּֽי־ · When
    When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
  46. Job 23:10כִּֽי־ · Yet
    Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.