Keraia
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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. Isaiah 5:24כִּ֣י · for
    Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
  2. Isaiah 6:5כִֽי־ · for; כִּ֣י · because; כִּ֗י · for
    Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
  3. Isaiah 7:5כִּֽי־
    For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
  4. Isaiah 7:8כִּ֣י · For
    For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
  5. Isaiah 7:9כִּ֖י · then
    The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
  6. Isaiah 7:13כִּ֥י
    Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
  7. Isaiah 7:16כִּ֠י · For
    For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
  8. Isaiah 7:22כִּֽי־ · for
    …and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
  9. Isaiah 7:24כִּי־ · for
    Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
  10. Isaiah 8:4כִּ֗י · For
    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
  11. Isaiah 8:6כִּ֤י
    “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
  12. Isaiah 8:10כִּ֥י · For
    Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
  13. Isaiah 8:11כִּי֩ · For
    For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
  14. Isaiah 8:19וְכִֽי־ · When
    When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
  15. Isaiah 8:21כִֽי־ · When
    They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
  16. Isaiah 9:1כִּ֣י · Nevertheless
    Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
  17. Isaiah 9:4כִּ֣י׀ · For
    For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
  18. Isaiah 9:5כִּ֤י · For
    For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
  19. Isaiah 9:6כִּי־ · For
    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  20. Isaiah 9:17כִּ֤י · For
    Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  21. Isaiah 9:18כִּֽי־ · For
    For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.
  22. Isaiah 10:7כִּ֚י · For
    But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
  23. Isaiah 10:8כִּ֖י
    “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
  24. Isaiah 10:12כִּֽי־ · So when
    So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
  25. Isaiah 10:13כִּ֣י · For; כִּ֣י · for
    For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
  26. Isaiah 10:22כִּ֣י · Though
    Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
  27. Isaiah 10:23כִּ֥י · For
    For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
  28. Isaiah 10:25כִּי־ · For
    For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
  29. Isaiah 11:9כִּֽי־ · for
    They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
  30. Isaiah 12:1כִּ֥י · Although
    In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
  31. Isaiah 12:2כִּֽי־ · For
    Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
  32. Isaiah 12:4כִּ֥י · that
    …and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
  33. Isaiah 12:5כִּ֥י · for
    Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth.
  34. Isaiah 12:6כִּֽי־ · for
    Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
  35. Isaiah 13:6כִּ֥י · for
    Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
  36. Isaiah 13:10כִּֽי־ · For
    For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
  37. Isaiah 14:1כִּי֩ · For
    For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
  38. Isaiah 14:20כִּֽי־ · since
    You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
  39. Isaiah 14:27כִּֽי־
    The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
  40. Isaiah 14:29כִּ֥י · that; כִּֽי־ · For
    Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
  41. Isaiah 14:31כִּ֤י · For
    Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
  42. Isaiah 14:32כִּ֤י
    What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
  43. Isaiah 15:1כִּ֠י; כִּ֗י
    This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
  44. Isaiah 15:5כִּ֣י׀; כִּ֚י
    My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.