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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. Ecclesiastes 9:4כִּֽי־ · for even
    There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
  2. Ecclesiastes 9:5כִּ֧י · For; כִּ֥י · because
    For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
  3. Ecclesiastes 9:7כִּ֣י · for
    Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
  4. Ecclesiastes 9:9כִּ֣י · For
    Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
  5. Ecclesiastes 9:10כִּי֩ · for
    Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  6. Ecclesiastes 9:11כִּ֣י; כִּי־ · For
    I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
  7. Ecclesiastes 9:12כִּ֡י · For
    For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
  8. Ecclesiastes 10:4כִּ֣י · for
    If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
  9. Ecclesiastes 10:20כִּ֣י · for
    Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
  10. Ecclesiastes 11:1כִּֽי־ · for
    Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
  11. Ecclesiastes 11:2כִּ֚י · for
    Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
  12. Ecclesiastes 11:6כִּי֩ · for
    Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
  13. Ecclesiastes 11:8כִּ֣י · So; כִּֽי־ · for
    So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
  14. Ecclesiastes 11:9כִּ֧י · that
    Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
  15. Ecclesiastes 11:10כִּֽי־ · for
    So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
  16. Ecclesiastes 12:3כִּ֣י · because
    …on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
  17. Ecclesiastes 12:5כִּֽי־ · for then
    …when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
  18. Ecclesiastes 12:13כִּי־ · because
    When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
  19. Ecclesiastes 12:14כִּ֤י · For
    For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
  20. Song of Solomon 1:2כִּֽי־ · For
    Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
  21. Song of Solomon 2:5כִּי־ · for
    Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
  22. Song of Solomon 2:11כִּֽי־ · For
    For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
  23. Song of Solomon 2:14כִּי־ · for
    O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
  24. Song of Solomon 8:6כִּֽי־ · For
    Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
  25. Isaiah 1:2כִּ֥י · for
    Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
  26. Isaiah 1:12כִּ֣י · When
    When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
  27. Isaiah 1:15כִּֽי־ · though
    When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
  28. Isaiah 1:20כִּ֛י · For
    But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  29. Isaiah 1:29כִּ֣י · Surely
    Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
  30. Isaiah 1:30כִּ֣י · For
    For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.
  31. Isaiah 2:3כִּ֤י · For
    And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
  32. Isaiah 2:6כִּ֣י · For; כִּ֤י · because
    For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
  33. Isaiah 2:12כִּ֣י · For
    For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
  34. Isaiah 2:22כִּֽי־
    Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
  35. Isaiah 3:1כִּי֩ · For
    For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
  36. Isaiah 3:6כִּֽי־
    A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
  37. Isaiah 3:8כִּ֤י · For; כִּֽי־ · because
    For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.
  38. Isaiah 3:9כִּֽי־ · for
    The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
  39. Isaiah 3:10כִּי־; כִּֽי־ · with them
    Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
  40. Isaiah 3:11כִּֽי־ · For
    Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  41. Isaiah 3:16כִּ֤י
    The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
  42. Isaiah 4:5כִּ֥י · For
    Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
  43. Isaiah 5:7כִּ֣י · For
    For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
  44. Isaiah 5:10כִּ֗י · For
    For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”