Keraia
Lexicon

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. Psalm 5:9כִּ֤י · For
    For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
  2. Psalm 5:10כִּי־ · for
    Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
  3. Psalm 5:12כִּֽי־ · For surely
    For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
  4. Psalm 6:2כִּ֤י · for; כִּ֖י · for
    Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
  5. Psalm 6:5כִּ֤י · For
    For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
  6. Psalm 6:8כִּֽי־ · for
    Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
  7. Psalm 8:3כִּֽי־ · When
    When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
  8. Psalm 8:4כִּֽי־ · that; כִּ֣י · that
    …what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
  9. Psalm 9:4כִּֽי־ · For
    For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
  10. Psalm 9:10כִּ֤י · for
    Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
  11. Psalm 9:12כִּֽי־ · For
    For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
  12. Psalm 9:18כִּ֤י · For
    For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
  13. Psalm 10:3כִּֽי־ · For
    For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
  14. Psalm 10:14כִּֽי־ · But
    But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  15. Psalm 11:2כִּ֤י · For
    For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
  16. Psalm 11:3כִּ֣י · If
    If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
  17. Psalm 11:7כִּֽי־ · For
    For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
  18. Psalm 12:1כִּי־ · for; כִּי־
    For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
  19. Psalm 13:4כִּ֣י · when
    …lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
  20. Psalm 13:6כִּ֖י · for
    I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
  21. Psalm 14:5כִּֽי־ · for
    There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
  22. Psalm 14:6כִּ֖י · yet
    You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
  23. Psalm 16:1כִּֽי־ · for
    A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
  24. Psalm 16:8כִּ֥י · Because
    I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  25. Psalm 16:10כִּ֤י׀ · For
    For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  26. Psalm 17:6כִֽי־ · for
    I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
  27. Psalm 18:7כִּי־ · because
    Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
  28. Psalm 18:17כִּֽי־
    He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
  29. Psalm 18:19כִּ֘י · because
    He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
  30. Psalm 18:21כִּֽי־ · For
    For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
  31. Psalm 18:22כִּ֣י · For
    For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
  32. Psalm 18:27כִּֽי־ · For
    For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
  33. Psalm 18:28כִּֽי־ · For
    For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
  34. Psalm 18:29כִּֽי־ · For
    For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
  35. Psalm 18:31כִּ֤י · For
    For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
  36. Psalm 20:6כִּ֤י · that
    Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
  37. Psalm 21:3כִּֽי־ · For
    For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
  38. Psalm 21:6כִּֽי־ · For
    For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
  39. Psalm 21:7כִּֽי־ · For
    For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
  40. Psalm 21:11כִּי־ · Though
    Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
  41. Psalm 21:12כִּ֭י · For
    For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
  42. Psalm 22:8כִּ֘י · since
    “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
  43. Psalm 22:9כִּֽי־ · Yet
    Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
  44. Psalm 22:11כִּי־ · for; כִּי־ · and
    Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
  45. Psalm 22:16כִּ֥י · For
    For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
  46. Psalm 22:24כִּ֤י · For
    For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.