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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. Proverbs 4:3כִּי־ · When
    When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
  2. Proverbs 4:8כִּ֣י · if
    Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
  3. Proverbs 4:13כִּי־ · for
    Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
  4. Proverbs 4:16כִּ֤י · For
    For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
  5. Proverbs 4:17כִּ֣י · For
    For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
  6. Proverbs 4:22כִּֽי־ · For
    For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
  7. Proverbs 4:23כִּֽי־ · for
    Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
  8. Proverbs 5:3כִּ֤י · Though
    Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
  9. Proverbs 5:21כִּ֤י · For
    For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
  10. Proverbs 6:3כִּ֘י · for
    …then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
  11. Proverbs 6:23כִּ֤י · For
    For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
  12. Proverbs 6:26כִּ֤י · For
    For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
  13. Proverbs 6:30כִּ֣י · if; כִּ֣י
    Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
  14. Proverbs 6:34כִּֽי־ · For
    For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
  15. Proverbs 6:35כִּ֣י
    He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
  16. Proverbs 7:6כִּ֭י · For
    For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
  17. Proverbs 7:19כִּ֤י · For
    For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
  18. Proverbs 7:23כִּֽי־
    …until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
  19. Proverbs 7:26כִּֽי־ · For
    For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
  20. Proverbs 8:6כִּֽי־ · for
    Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
  21. Proverbs 8:7כִּֽי־ · For
    For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
  22. Proverbs 8:11כִּֽי־ · For
    For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
  23. Proverbs 8:35כִּ֣י · For
    For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
  24. Proverbs 9:11כִּי־ · For
    For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
  25. Proverbs 9:18כִּֽי־ · that
    But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  26. Proverbs 11:15כִּי־
    He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
  27. Proverbs 11:31כִּֽי־
    If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
  28. Proverbs 15:11כִּֽי־
    Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!
  29. Proverbs 16:12כִּ֥י · for
    Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
  30. Proverbs 16:26כִּֽי־ · because
    A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
  31. Proverbs 17:7כִּֽי־
    Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
  32. Proverbs 18:2כִּ֝֗י · but only
    A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
  33. Proverbs 19:7כִּ֣י
    All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
  34. Proverbs 19:10כִּֽי־
    Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
  35. Proverbs 19:18כִּי־ · for in that
    Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
  36. Proverbs 19:19כִּ֥י
    A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
  37. Proverbs 20:16כִּי־ · of the one
    Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
  38. Proverbs 21:7כִּ֥י · because
    The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
  39. Proverbs 21:25כִּֽי־ · because
    The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
  40. Proverbs 21:27כִּֽי־ · when
    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
  41. Proverbs 22:6כִּֽי־ · when
    Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
  42. Proverbs 22:9כִּֽי־ · for
    A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
  43. Proverbs 22:18כִּֽי־ · for; כִּֽי־ · when
    …for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
  44. Proverbs 22:22כִּ֣י · man because
    Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
  45. Proverbs 22:23כִּֽי־ · for
    …for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
  46. Proverbs 23:1כִּֽי־ · When
    When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
  47. Proverbs 23:5כִּ֤י · for
    When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
  48. Proverbs 23:7כִּ֤י׀ · for
    …for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.