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 37:28כִּ֤י · For
    For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
  2. Psalm 37:37כִּֽי־ · for
    Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
  3. Psalm 37:40כִּי־ · because
    The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.
  4. Psalm 38:2כִּֽי־ · For
    For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
  5. Psalm 38:4כִּ֣י · For
    For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
  6. Psalm 38:7כִּֽי־ · For
    For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
  7. Psalm 38:15כִּֽי־
    I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
  8. Psalm 38:16כִּֽי־ · For
    For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
  9. Psalm 38:17כִּֽי־ · For
    For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
  10. Psalm 38:18כִּֽי־ · Yes
    Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
  11. Psalm 39:9כִּ֖י · because [of what]
    I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
  12. Psalm 39:12כִּ֤י · For
    Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
  13. Psalm 40:12כִּ֤י · For
    For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
  14. Psalm 41:4כִּי־ · for
    I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
  15. Psalm 41:11כִּֽי־ · that; כִּ֤י · for
    By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
  16. Psalm 42:4כִּ֤י · how
    These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
  17. Psalm 42:5כִּי־ · for
    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
  18. Psalm 42:11כִּי־ · for
    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
  19. Psalm 43:2כִּֽי־ · For
    For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
  20. Psalm 43:5כִּי־ · for
    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
  21. Psalm 44:3כִּ֤י · For; כִּֽי־ · It was; כִּ֣י · because
    For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
  22. Psalm 44:6כִּ֤י · For
    For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
  23. Psalm 44:7כִּ֣י · For
    For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
  24. Psalm 44:19כִּ֣י · But
    But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
  25. Psalm 44:21כִּֽי־ · since
    …would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
  26. Psalm 44:22כִּֽי־ · Yet
    Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
  27. Psalm 44:25כִּ֤י · For
    For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
  28. Psalm 45:11כִּי־ · for
    …and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
  29. Psalm 46:10כִּי־ · that
    “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
  30. Psalm 47:2כִּֽי־ · How
    How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
  31. Psalm 47:7כִּ֤י · For
    For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.
  32. Psalm 47:9כִּ֣י · for
    The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
  33. Psalm 48:4כִּֽי־ · For
    For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
  34. Psalm 48:14כִּ֤י · For
    For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
  35. Psalm 49:10כִּ֤י · For
    For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
  36. Psalm 49:15כִּ֖י · for
    But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
  37. Psalm 49:16כִּֽי־ · when; כִּֽי־ · when
    Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
  38. Psalm 49:17כִּ֤י · For
    For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
  39. Psalm 49:18כִּֽי־ · Though; כִּי־ · you when
    Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul—and men praise you when you prosper—
  40. Psalm 50:6כִּֽי־ · for
    And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
  41. Psalm 50:10כִּי־ · for
    …for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
  42. Psalm 50:12כִּי־ · for
    If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
  43. Psalm 51:3כִּֽי־ · For
    For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
  44. Psalm 51:16כִּ֤י׀ · For
    For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
  45. Psalm 52:9כִּ֣י · because
    I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.