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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 23:9כִּֽי־ · for
    Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
  2. Proverbs 23:11כִּֽי־ · for
    …for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
  3. Proverbs 23:13כִּֽי־ · although
    Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
  4. Proverbs 23:17כִּ֥י · but
    Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
  5. Proverbs 23:18כִּ֭י · For
    For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  6. Proverbs 23:21כִּי־ · For
    For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
  7. Proverbs 23:22כִּֽי־ · when
    Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
  8. Proverbs 23:27כִּֽי־ · For
    For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
  9. Proverbs 23:31כִּ֪י · while; כִּֽי־ · when
    Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
  10. Proverbs 24:2כִּי־ · for
    …for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
  11. Proverbs 24:6כִּ֣י · Only
    Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
  12. Proverbs 24:12כִּֽי־ · If
    If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
  13. Proverbs 24:13כִּי־ · for
    Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
  14. Proverbs 24:16כִּ֤י · For though
    For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
  15. Proverbs 24:20כִּ֤י׀ · For
    For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
  16. Proverbs 24:22כִּֽי־ · For
    For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
  17. Proverbs 25:7כִּ֤י · for
    …for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
  18. Proverbs 25:22כִּ֤י · For [in so doing]
    For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
  19. Proverbs 26:25כִּֽי־ · When; כִּ֤י · for
    When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
  20. Proverbs 27:1כִּ֤י · for
    Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
  21. Proverbs 27:13כִּי־ · of him who
    Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
  22. Proverbs 27:24כִּ֤י · for
    …for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
  23. Proverbs 28:22כִּי־ · that
    A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
  24. Proverbs 29:19כִּֽי־ · though
    A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
  25. Proverbs 30:2כִּ֤י · Surely
    Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
  26. Proverbs 30:4כִּ֣י · surely
    Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
  27. Proverbs 30:22כִּ֣י · who; כִּ֣י · who
    …a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
  28. Proverbs 30:23כִּ֣י · who; כִּֽי־ · who
    …an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
  29. Proverbs 30:33כִּ֤י · For
    For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
  30. Proverbs 31:18כִּי־ · that
    She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
  31. Proverbs 31:21כִּ֥י · for
    When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
  32. Ecclesiastes 1:18כִּ֛י · For
    For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
  33. Ecclesiastes 2:10כִּֽי־ · For
    Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
  34. Ecclesiastes 2:12כִּ֣י׀ · for
    Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
  35. Ecclesiastes 2:16כִּי֩ · For
    For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
  36. Ecclesiastes 2:17כִּ֣י · because; כִּֽי־ · For
    So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
  37. Ecclesiastes 2:21כִּי־ · When
    When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
  38. Ecclesiastes 2:22כִּ֠י · For
    For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
  39. Ecclesiastes 2:23כִּ֧י · Indeed
    Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
  40. Ecclesiastes 2:24כִּ֛י · that
    Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
  41. Ecclesiastes 2:25כִּ֣י · For
    For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
  42. Ecclesiastes 2:26כִּ֤י · To
    To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
  43. Ecclesiastes 3:12כִּ֛י · that; כִּ֣י · than
    I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
  44. Ecclesiastes 3:14כִּ֠י · that
    I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.