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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

4,486 total
  1. Jeremiah 44:29כִּֽי־ · that; כִּי֩ · that
    This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
  2. Jeremiah 45:3כִּֽי־ · because
    You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
  3. Jeremiah 45:5כִּ֡י · For
    But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
  4. Jeremiah 46:10כִּ֣י · For
    For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
  5. Jeremiah 46:12כִּֽי־ · because
    The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
  6. Jeremiah 46:14כִּֽי־ · for
    “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
  7. Jeremiah 46:15כִּ֥י · for
    Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
  8. Jeremiah 46:18כִּ֚י · [there]
    As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
  9. Jeremiah 46:19כִּֽי־ · For
    Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
  10. Jeremiah 46:21כִּֽי־; כִּ֣י · for
    Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.
  11. Jeremiah 46:22כִּֽי־ · for
    Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.
  12. Jeremiah 46:23כִּ֖י · though; כִּ֤י · for
    They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
  13. Jeremiah 46:27כִּ֠י · For
    But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  14. Jeremiah 46:28כִּ֥י · for; כִּי֩ · Though
    And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
  15. Jeremiah 47:4כִּֽי־ · Indeed
    For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
  16. Jeremiah 48:1כִּ֣י · for
    Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
  17. Jeremiah 48:5כִּ֚י · For; כִּ֚י · and
    For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
  18. Jeremiah 48:7כִּ֠י
    Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
  19. Jeremiah 48:9כִּ֥י · for
    Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
  20. Jeremiah 48:18כִּֽי־ · for
    Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
  21. Jeremiah 48:20כִּֽי־ · for; כִּ֥י · that
    Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
  22. Jeremiah 48:26כִּ֥י · because
    “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
  23. Jeremiah 48:27כִּֽי־ · For
    Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
  24. Jeremiah 48:34כִּ֚י · for
    There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
  25. Jeremiah 48:37כִּ֤י · For
    For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
  26. Jeremiah 48:38כִּֽי־ · for
    On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
  27. Jeremiah 48:40כִּי־ · For
    For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
  28. Jeremiah 48:42כִּ֥י · because
    Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
  29. Jeremiah 48:44כִּֽי־ · For
    “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  30. Jeremiah 48:45כִּֽי־ · because
    “Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
  31. Jeremiah 48:46כִּֽי־ · for
    Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
  32. Jeremiah 49:3כִּ֣י · for; כִּ֤י · for
    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
  33. Jeremiah 49:8כִּ֣י · for
    Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.
  34. Jeremiah 49:10כִּֽי־ · But
    But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
  35. Jeremiah 49:12כִּי־ · For; כִּ֥י · for
    For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
  36. Jeremiah 49:13כִּ֣י · For; כִּֽי־ · that
    For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
  37. Jeremiah 49:15כִּֽי־ · For
    “For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.
  38. Jeremiah 49:16כִּֽי־ · Though
    The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
  39. Jeremiah 49:19כִּֽי־ · For; כִּ֣י · For
    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
  40. Jeremiah 49:23כִּי־ · for
    Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.