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. Exodus 3:6כִּ֣י · for
    Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
  2. Exodus 3:7כִּ֥י · and
    The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  3. Exodus 3:11כִּ֥י · that; וְכִ֥י · and
    But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
  4. Exodus 3:12כִּֽי־ · I will surely; כִּ֥י · that
    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  5. Exodus 3:19כִּ֠י · that
    But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
  6. Exodus 3:21כִּ֣י · that when
    And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.
  7. Exodus 4:1כִּ֣י · For
    Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
  8. Exodus 4:5כִּֽי־ · that
    “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
  9. Exodus 4:10כִּ֧י · for
    “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
  10. Exodus 4:14כִּֽי־ · that
    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
  11. Exodus 4:19כִּי־ · for
    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
  12. Exodus 4:25כִּ֧י · Surely
    But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
  13. Exodus 4:31כִּֽי־ · that; וְכִ֤י · and
    …and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
  14. Exodus 5:8כִּֽי־ · For
    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  15. Exodus 5:11כִּ֣י · but
    Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
  16. Exodus 6:1כִּ֣י · for
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
  17. Exodus 6:7כִּ֣י · that
    I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
  18. Exodus 7:5כִּֽי־ · that
    And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
  19. Exodus 7:9כִּי֩ · When
    “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
  20. Exodus 7:17כִּ֖י · that
    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
  21. Exodus 7:24כִּ֣י · because
    So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
  22. Exodus 8:10כִּי־ · that
    “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
  23. Exodus 8:15כִּ֤י
    When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
  24. Exodus 8:21כִּ֣י · But
    But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
  25. Exodus 8:22כִּ֛י · that
    But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
  26. Exodus 8:26כִּ֚י · because
    But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
  27. Exodus 9:2כִּ֛י · But
    But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
  28. Exodus 9:11כִּֽי־
    The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
  29. Exodus 9:14כִּ֣י׀ · Otherwise; כִּ֛י · that
    Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
  30. Exodus 9:15כִּ֤י · For
    For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
  31. Exodus 9:29כִּ֥י · that
    Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
  32. Exodus 9:30כִּ֚י · that
    But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”
  33. Exodus 9:31כִּ֤י · since
    (Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;
  34. Exodus 9:32כִּ֥י · because
    …but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)
  35. Exodus 9:34כִּֽי־ · that
    When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.
  36. Exodus 10:1כִּֽי־ · for
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
  37. Exodus 10:2כִּי־ · that
    …and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
  38. Exodus 10:4כִּ֛י · But
    But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
  39. Exodus 10:7כִּ֥י · that
    Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
  40. Exodus 10:9כִּ֥י · for
    “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
  41. Exodus 10:10כִּ֥י
    Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
  42. Exodus 10:11כִּ֥י · since
    No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
  43. Exodus 10:26כִּ֚י · for
    Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
  44. Exodus 10:28כִּ֗י · for
    “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
  45. Exodus 12:9כִּ֣י · but only
    Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.
  46. Exodus 12:15כִּ֣י׀
    For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.