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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. Jeremiah 9:24כִּ֣י · But; כִּ֚י · that; כִּֽי־ · for
    But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
  2. Jeremiah 9:26כִּ֤י
    Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
  3. Jeremiah 10:2כִּֽי־ · though
    This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
  4. Jeremiah 10:3כִּֽי־ · For; כִּֽי־
    For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
  5. Jeremiah 10:5כִּ֣י · because; כִּי־ · for
    Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
  6. Jeremiah 10:7כִּ֥י; כִּ֣י · For
    Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
  7. Jeremiah 10:14כִּ֛י · For
    Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
  8. Jeremiah 10:16כִּֽי־ · for
    The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  9. Jeremiah 10:18כִּֽי־ · For
    For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
  10. Jeremiah 10:21כִּ֤י · For
    For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
  11. Jeremiah 10:23כִּ֛י · that
    I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
  12. Jeremiah 10:25כִּֽי־ · For
    Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
  13. Jeremiah 11:7כִּי֩ · For
    For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
  14. Jeremiah 11:13כִּ֚י · indeed
    Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
  15. Jeremiah 11:14כִּ֣י · for
    As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
  16. Jeremiah 11:15כִּ֥י · When
    What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.
  17. Jeremiah 11:19כִּֽי־ · that
    For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
  18. Jeremiah 11:20כִּ֥י · for
    O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
  19. Jeremiah 11:23כִּֽי־ · for
    There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
  20. Jeremiah 12:1כִּ֥י · when
    Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
  21. Jeremiah 12:4כִּ֣י · for
    How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
  22. Jeremiah 12:5כִּ֣י · If
    “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
  23. Jeremiah 12:6כִּ֧י · Even; כִּֽי־ · though
    Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
  24. Jeremiah 12:11כִּ֛י · but
    They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
  25. Jeremiah 12:12כִּ֣י · for
    Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
  26. Jeremiah 13:11כִּ֡י · For
    For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
  27. Jeremiah 13:12כִּ֥י · that
    Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
  28. Jeremiah 13:15כִּ֥י · for
    Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
  29. Jeremiah 13:17כִּ֥י · because
    But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  30. Jeremiah 13:18כִּ֤י · for
    Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
  31. Jeremiah 13:21כִּֽי־ · when
    What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
  32. Jeremiah 13:22וְכִ֤י · And if
    And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
  33. Jeremiah 14:4כִּ֛י · because
    The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
  34. Jeremiah 14:5כִּ֤י · Even; כִּ֥י · because
    Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
  35. Jeremiah 14:6כִּי־ · for
    Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
  36. Jeremiah 14:7כִּֽי־ · Indeed
    Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
  37. Jeremiah 14:12כִּ֣י · Although; וְכִ֧י · although; כִּ֗י · Instead
    Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
  38. Jeremiah 14:13כִּֽי־ · but
    “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
  39. Jeremiah 14:17כִּי֩ · for
    You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
  40. Jeremiah 14:18כִּֽי־ · For
    If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
  41. Jeremiah 14:20כִּ֥י · indeed
    We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.