Keraia
Lexicon

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 65:20כִּ֣י · For
    No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
  2. Isaiah 65:22כִּֽי־ · For
    No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
  3. Isaiah 65:23כִּ֣י · for
    They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.
  4. Isaiah 66:8כִּֽי־ · Yet
    Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
  5. Isaiah 66:12כִּֽי־ · For
    For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
  6. Isaiah 66:15כִּֽי־ · For
    For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
  7. Isaiah 66:16כִּ֤י · For
    For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
  8. Isaiah 66:22כִּ֣י · For
    “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
  9. Isaiah 66:24כִּ֣י · for
    “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
  10. Jeremiah 1:6כִּי־ · for
    “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
  11. Jeremiah 1:7כִּ֠י · For
    But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
  12. Jeremiah 1:8כִּֽי־ · for
    Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
  13. Jeremiah 1:12כִּֽי־ · for
    “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
  14. Jeremiah 1:15כִּ֣י׀ · For
    For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
  15. Jeremiah 1:19כִּֽי־ · since
    They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
  16. Jeremiah 2:5כִּ֥י · that
    This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
  17. Jeremiah 2:10כִּ֣י
    Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
  18. Jeremiah 2:13כִּֽי־ · For
    “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
  19. Jeremiah 2:19כִּי־ · how
    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  20. Jeremiah 2:20כִּ֣י · For; כִּ֣י · Indeed
    “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
  21. Jeremiah 2:22כִּ֤י · Although
    Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
  22. Jeremiah 2:25כִּֽי־ · For
    You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
  23. Jeremiah 2:26כִּ֣י · when
    As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
  24. Jeremiah 2:27כִּֽי־
    …say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
  25. Jeremiah 2:28כִּ֚י · for
    But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
  26. Jeremiah 2:34כִּ֥י · But
    Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
  27. Jeremiah 2:35כִּ֣י
    …you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
  28. Jeremiah 2:37כִּֽי־ · for
    Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
  29. Jeremiah 3:8כִּ֤י · that
    She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
  30. Jeremiah 3:10כִּ֥י · but only
    Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
  31. Jeremiah 3:12כִּֽי־ · for
    Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
  32. Jeremiah 3:13כִּ֛י · that
    Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
  33. Jeremiah 3:14כִּ֥י · for
    “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
  34. Jeremiah 3:16כִּ֣י · when
    “In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
  35. Jeremiah 3:21כִּ֤י · because
    A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
  36. Jeremiah 3:22כִּ֥י · for
    “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
  37. Jeremiah 3:25כִּי֩
    Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
  38. Jeremiah 4:3כִּי־ · For
    For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
  39. Jeremiah 4:6כִּ֣י · For
    Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
  40. Jeremiah 4:8כִּ֥י · for
    So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
  41. Jeremiah 4:13כִּ֥י · for
    Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
  42. Jeremiah 4:15כִּ֛י · For
    For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
  43. Jeremiah 4:17כִּי־ · because
    They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
  44. Jeremiah 4:18כִּ֣י · because; כִּ֥י
    “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
  45. Jeremiah 4:19כִּ֣י · For
    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
  46. Jeremiah 4:20כִּ֥י · for
    Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
  47. Jeremiah 4:22כִּ֣י׀ · For
    “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
  48. Jeremiah 4:27כִּי־ · For
    For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.