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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 23:14כִּ֭י · For
    For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
  2. Job 23:17כִּֽי־ · Yet
    Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
  3. Job 24:17כִּ֤י · For; כִּֽי־ · surely
    For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
  4. Job 25:6כִּֽי־
    …how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
  5. Job 27:3כִּֽי־
    …as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
  6. Job 27:8כִּ֤י · For; כִּ֣י · when; כִּ֤י · when
    For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
  7. Job 27:9כִּֽי־ · when
    Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
  8. Job 28:1כִּ֤י · Surely
    “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
  9. Job 28:24כִּי־ · For
    For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
  10. Job 29:11כִּ֤י · For
    For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
  11. Job 29:12כִּֽי־ · because
    …because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
  12. Job 30:11כִּֽי־ · Because
    Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
  13. Job 30:23כִּֽי־ · Yes
    Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
  14. Job 30:26כִּ֤י · But when
    But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
  15. Job 31:11כִּי־ · For
    For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
  16. Job 31:12כִּ֤י · For
    For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
  17. Job 31:14כִּֽי־ · when; וְכִֽי־ · when
    …what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
  18. Job 31:18כִּ֣י · though
    …though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
  19. Job 31:21כִּֽי־ · because
    …if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
  20. Job 31:23כִּ֤י · For
    For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
  21. Job 31:25כִּי־ · in; וְכִֽי־ · because
    …if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
  22. Job 31:26כִּ֣י
    …if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
  23. Job 31:28כִּֽי־ · for
    …this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
  24. Job 31:29כִּֽי־ · when
    If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
  25. Job 31:34כִּ֤י · because
    …because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
  26. Job 32:1כִּ֤י · because
    So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
  27. Job 32:4כִּ֤י · because
    Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
  28. Job 32:5כִּ֘י · that
    But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.
  29. Job 32:16כִּי־ · now that; כִּ֥י · now that
    Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
  30. Job 32:18כִּ֭י · For
    For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
  31. Job 32:22כִּ֤י · For
    For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
  32. Job 33:12כִּֽי־ · for
    Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
  33. Job 33:13כִּ֥י · that
    Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
  34. Job 33:14כִּֽי־ · For
    For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
  35. Job 33:32כִּֽי־ · for
    But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
  36. Job 34:3כִּי־ · For
    For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
  37. Job 34:5כִּֽי־ · For
    For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
  38. Job 34:9כִּֽי־ · For
    For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
  39. Job 34:11כִּ֤י · For
    For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
  40. Job 34:19כִּֽי־ · For
    …who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
  41. Job 34:21כִּי־ · For
    For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
  42. Job 34:23כִּ֤י · For
    For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
  43. Job 34:31כִּֽי־ · Suppose
    Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
  44. Job 34:33כִּֽי־ · when
    Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.