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. Jeremiah 22:22כִּ֣י
    The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.
  2. Jeremiah 22:24כִּ֣י · even; כִּ֥י
    “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
  3. Jeremiah 22:30כִּי֩
    This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
  4. Jeremiah 23:8כִּ֣י · Instead
    Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
  5. Jeremiah 23:10כִּ֤י · For; כִּֽי־
    For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.
  6. Jeremiah 23:11כִּֽי־ · For
    “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
  7. Jeremiah 23:12כִּֽי־ · For
    “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  8. Jeremiah 23:15כִּ֗י · for
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
  9. Jeremiah 23:18כִּ֣י · But
    But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
  10. Jeremiah 23:33וְכִי־ · Now when
    “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
  11. Jeremiah 23:36כִּ֣י · for
    But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
  12. Jeremiah 24:7כִּ֚י · that; כִּֽי־ · for
    I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
  13. Jeremiah 24:8כִּי־
    But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
  14. Jeremiah 25:14כִּ֣י · For
    For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
  15. Jeremiah 25:15כִּ֣י
    This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
  16. Jeremiah 25:28כִּ֧י · If
    If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!
  17. Jeremiah 25:29כִּי֩ · For; כִּ֣י · for
    For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
  18. Jeremiah 25:31כִּ֣י · because
    The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
  19. Jeremiah 25:34כִּֽי־ · For
    Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
  20. Jeremiah 25:36כִּֽי־ · for
    Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
  21. Jeremiah 25:38כִּֽי־ · for
    He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
  22. Jeremiah 26:11כִּ֤י · for
    Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
  23. Jeremiah 26:15כִּ֣י · that; כִּי־; כִּ֣י · for
    But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
  24. Jeremiah 26:16כִּ֗י · for
    Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
  25. Jeremiah 27:10כִּ֣י · For
    For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
  26. Jeremiah 27:14כִּ֣י · for
    Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
  27. Jeremiah 27:15כִּ֣י · For
    For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
  28. Jeremiah 27:16כִּ֣י
    Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
  29. Jeremiah 27:19כִּ֣י · For
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
  30. Jeremiah 27:21כִּ֣י · Yes
    Yes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:
  31. Jeremiah 28:4כִּ֣י · for
    And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
  32. Jeremiah 28:14כִּ֣י · For
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”
  33. Jeremiah 28:16כִּֽי־ · because
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
  34. Jeremiah 29:7כִּ֣י · for
    Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
  35. Jeremiah 29:8כִּי֩ · For
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
  36. Jeremiah 29:9כִּ֣י · For
    For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
  37. Jeremiah 29:10כִּֽי־ · For; כִּ֠י · When
    For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
  38. Jeremiah 29:11כִּי֩ · For
    For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
  39. Jeremiah 29:13כִּ֥י · when
    You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
  40. Jeremiah 29:15כִּ֖י · Because
    Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
  41. Jeremiah 29:16כִּי־
    …this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
  42. Jeremiah 29:28כִּ֣י · For
    For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”
  43. Jeremiah 29:32כִּֽי־ · for
    …this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”