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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 36:16כִּי֩ · for
    Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
  2. Isaiah 36:19וְכִֽי־
    Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
  3. Isaiah 36:20כִּֽי־ · How then
    Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
  4. Isaiah 36:21כִּֽי־ · for
    But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
  5. Isaiah 37:3כִּ֣י · for
    …to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
  6. Isaiah 37:8כִּ֣י · When; כִּ֥י · that
    When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
  7. Isaiah 37:19כִּי֩ · for; כִּ֣י · but only
    They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
  8. Isaiah 37:20כִּֽי־ · that
    And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
  9. Isaiah 37:32כִּ֤י · For
    For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  10. Isaiah 38:1כִּ֛י · for
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
  11. Isaiah 38:17כִּ֥י · for
    Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
  12. Isaiah 38:18כִּ֣י · For
    For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
  13. Isaiah 38:22כִּ֥י · that
    And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
  14. Isaiah 39:1כִּ֥י · about
    At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.
  15. Isaiah 39:8כִּ֥י · At least
    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
  16. Isaiah 40:2כִּ֤י · that; כִּ֥י · For; כִּ֤י
    “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
  17. Isaiah 40:5כִּ֛י · For
    And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  18. Isaiah 40:7כִּ֛י · when
    The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
  19. Isaiah 41:10כִּ֣י · for; כִּֽי־ · for
    Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
  20. Isaiah 41:13כִּ֗י · For
    For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
  21. Isaiah 41:20כִּ֥י · that
    …so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
  22. Isaiah 41:23כִּ֥י · that
    Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
  23. Isaiah 42:19כִּ֣י · but
    Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
  24. Isaiah 43:1כִּ֣י · for
    But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
  25. Isaiah 43:2כִּֽי־ · When; כִּֽי־ · When
    When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
  26. Isaiah 43:3כִּ֗י · For
    For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
  27. Isaiah 43:5כִּ֣י · for
    Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
  28. Isaiah 43:10כִּֽי־ · that
    “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
  29. Isaiah 43:20כִּֽי־ · because
    The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
  30. Isaiah 43:22כִּֽי־ · because
    But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.
  31. Isaiah 44:3כִּ֤י · For
    For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
  32. Isaiah 44:17כִּ֥י · for
    From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
  33. Isaiah 44:18כִּ֣י · for
    They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
  34. Isaiah 44:21כִּ֣י · for
    Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
  35. Isaiah 44:22כִּ֥י · for
    I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
  36. Isaiah 44:23כִּֽי־ · for; כִּֽי־ · For
    Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
  37. Isaiah 45:3כִּֽי־ · that
    I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
  38. Isaiah 45:6כִּי־ · that
    …so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
  39. Isaiah 45:18כִּ֣י · For
    For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
  40. Isaiah 45:22כִּ֥י · for
    Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  41. Isaiah 45:23כִּי־
    By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
  42. Isaiah 46:9כִּ֣י · for
    Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
  43. Isaiah 47:1כִּ֣י · For
    “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.