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 35:16כִּ֣י · Yes
    Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
  2. Jeremiah 36:7כִּֽי־ · for
    Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
  3. Jeremiah 37:9כִּי־ · for
    This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
  4. Jeremiah 37:10כִּ֣י · Indeed
    Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
  5. Jeremiah 37:15כִּֽי־ · for
    The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
  6. Jeremiah 37:16כִּ֣י · So
    So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
  7. Jeremiah 37:18כִּֽי־ · that
    Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
  8. Jeremiah 38:4כִּֽי־ · for; כִּ֣י׀; כִּ֥י · but
    Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
  9. Jeremiah 38:5כִּֽי־ · since
    “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
  10. Jeremiah 38:6כִּ֣י · but only
    So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
  11. Jeremiah 38:7כִּֽי־
    Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
  12. Jeremiah 38:9כִּ֣י · for
    “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
  13. Jeremiah 38:15כִּ֚י · If; וְכִי֙ · And even if
    “If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
  14. Jeremiah 38:23כִּ֣י · for
    All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
  15. Jeremiah 38:25וְכִֽי־ · If; כִּֽי־ · that
    If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’
  16. Jeremiah 38:27כִּ֥י · for
    When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
  17. Jeremiah 39:12כִּ֗י
    “Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”
  18. Jeremiah 39:18כִּ֤י · For; כִּֽי־ · Because
    For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”
  19. Jeremiah 40:3כִּֽי־ · Because
    …and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
  20. Jeremiah 40:7כִּֽי־ · that; וְכִ֣י׀ · and that
    When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
  21. Jeremiah 40:11כִּֽי־ · that; וְכִי֙
    When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,
  22. Jeremiah 40:14כִּ֞י · that
    …and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
  23. Jeremiah 40:16כִּֽי־
    But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”
  24. Jeremiah 41:8כִּֽי־ · for
    But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
  25. Jeremiah 41:18כִּ֥י · For; כִּֽי־ · because
    …to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
  26. Jeremiah 42:2כִּֽי־ · For
    Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
  27. Jeremiah 42:6כִּ֣י · when
    Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
  28. Jeremiah 42:10כִּ֤י · for
    ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
  29. Jeremiah 42:11כִּֽי־ · for
    Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
  30. Jeremiah 42:14כִּ֣י · but
    …and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
  31. Jeremiah 42:18כִּי֩ · For
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
  32. Jeremiah 42:19כִּי־ · that
    The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!
  33. Jeremiah 42:20כִּ֣י · For; כִּֽי־
    For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
  34. Jeremiah 42:22כִּ֗י · that
    Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
  35. Jeremiah 43:3כִּ֗י · Rather
    Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
  36. Jeremiah 43:7כִּ֛י · because
    So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
  37. Jeremiah 44:14כִּ֥י · for; כִּ֥י · except
    …so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
  38. Jeremiah 44:15כִּֽי־ · that
    Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
  39. Jeremiah 44:17כִּ֩י · Instead
    Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
  40. Jeremiah 44:19וְכִֽי־ · Moreover,” [said the women,] “when
    “Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”