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. Jeremiah 49:30כִּֽי־ · for
    Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
  2. Jeremiah 50:3כִּ֣י · For
    For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
  3. Jeremiah 50:9כִּ֣י · For
    For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
  4. Jeremiah 50:11כִּ֤י · Because; כִּ֣י · because; כִּ֤י · because
    “Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
  5. Jeremiah 50:14כִּ֥י · For
    Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
  6. Jeremiah 50:15כִּי֩ · Since
    Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
  7. Jeremiah 50:20כִּ֥י · for
    In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
  8. Jeremiah 50:24כִּ֥י · because
    I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
  9. Jeremiah 50:25כִּי־ · for
    The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
  10. Jeremiah 50:27כִּֽי־ · for
    Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.
  11. Jeremiah 50:29כִּ֧י · For
    Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
  12. Jeremiah 50:31כִּ֛י · for
    “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
  13. Jeremiah 50:38כִּ֣י · For
    A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
  14. Jeremiah 50:44כִּֽי־ · 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 Babylon 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?”
  15. Jeremiah 51:2כִּֽי־ · for
    I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.
  16. Jeremiah 51:5כִּ֠י · For; כִּ֤י · though
    For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”
  17. Jeremiah 51:6כִּי֩ · For
    Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
  18. Jeremiah 51:9כִּֽי־ · for
    “We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
  19. Jeremiah 51:11כִּֽי־ · because; כִּֽי־ · for
    Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
  20. Jeremiah 51:12כִּ֚י · For
    Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
  21. Jeremiah 51:14כִּ֣י · Surely
    The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
  22. Jeremiah 51:17כִּ֛י · 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.
  23. Jeremiah 51:19כִּֽי־ · for
    The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  24. Jeremiah 51:26כִּֽי־ · because
    No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
  25. Jeremiah 51:29כִּ֣י · because
    The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
  26. Jeremiah 51:31כִּֽי־ · that
    One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
  27. Jeremiah 51:33כִּי֩ · For
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
  28. Jeremiah 51:48כִּ֧י · because
    Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.
  29. Jeremiah 51:51כִּֽי־ · because; כִּ֚י · because
    “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
  30. Jeremiah 51:53כִּֽי־ · Even if; וְכִ֥י
    Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.
  31. Jeremiah 51:55כִּֽי־ · For
    For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.
  32. Jeremiah 51:56כִּי֩ · For; כִּ֣י · for
    For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
  33. Jeremiah 51:62כִּֽי־ · Indeed
    …and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’
  34. Jeremiah 52:3כִּ֣י׀ · For
    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
  35. Lamentations 1:5כִּֽי־ · For
    Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
  36. Lamentations 1:8כִּי־ · for
    Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
  37. Lamentations 1:9כִּ֥י · for
    Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
  38. Lamentations 1:10כִּֽי־ · For
    The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
  39. Lamentations 1:11כִּ֥י · for
    All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
  40. Lamentations 1:16כִּֽי־ · For; כִּ֥י · because
    For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
  41. Lamentations 1:18כִּ֣י · yet
    The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.