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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. Exodus 12:17כִּ֗י · for
    So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
  2. Exodus 12:19כִּ֣י׀ · If
    For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
  3. Exodus 12:25כִּֽי־ · When
    When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.
  4. Exodus 12:26כִּֽי־ · When
    When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
  5. Exodus 12:30כִּֽי־ · in Egypt
    During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
  6. Exodus 12:33כִּ֥י · For [otherwise]
    And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
  7. Exodus 12:39כִּ֣י · Since; כִּֽי־ · For
    Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
  8. Exodus 12:48וְכִֽי־ · If
    If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
  9. Exodus 13:3כִּ֚י · for
    So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
  10. Exodus 13:5כִֽי־ · when
    And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.
  11. Exodus 13:9כִּ֚י · For
    It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
  12. Exodus 13:11כִּֽי־ · after
    And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,
  13. Exodus 13:14כִּֽי־ · when
    In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  14. Exodus 13:15כִּֽי־ · when
    And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’
  15. Exodus 13:16כִּ֚י · for
    So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
  16. Exodus 13:17כִּ֥י · though; כִּ֣י׀ · For
    When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
  17. Exodus 13:19כִּי֩ · because
    Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
  18. Exodus 14:4כִּֽי־ · that
    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
  19. Exodus 14:5כִּ֥י · that; כִּֽי־
    When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
  20. Exodus 14:12כִּ֣י · For
    Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
  21. Exodus 14:13כִּ֗י · for
    But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
  22. Exodus 14:18כִּי־ · that
    The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
  23. Exodus 14:25כִּ֣י · for
    He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
  24. Exodus 15:1כִּֽי־ · for
    Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
  25. Exodus 15:19כִּ֣י · For when
    For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
  26. Exodus 15:21כִּֽי־ · for
    And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
  27. Exodus 15:23כִּ֥י · because
    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
  28. Exodus 15:26כִּ֛י · For
    …saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
  29. Exodus 16:3כִּֽי־ · but
    “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
  30. Exodus 16:6כִּ֧י · that
    So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
  31. Exodus 16:7כִּ֥י · that
    …and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”
  32. Exodus 16:8כִּ֥י · but
    And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
  33. Exodus 16:9כִּ֣י · for
    Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”
  34. Exodus 16:12כִּ֛י · that
    “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
  35. Exodus 16:15כִּ֛י · For
    When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
  36. Exodus 16:25כִּֽי־ · because
    “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.
  37. Exodus 16:29כִּֽי־ · that
    Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
  38. Exodus 17:14כִּֽי־ · because
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
  39. Exodus 17:16כִּֽי־ · Indeed
    “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
  40. Exodus 18:1כִּֽי־ · and how
    Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
  41. Exodus 18:3כִּ֣י · for
    …along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
  42. Exodus 18:4כִּֽי־ · for [Moses had said]
    The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
  43. Exodus 18:11כִּֽי־ · that; כִּ֣י · for
    Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
  44. Exodus 18:15כִּֽי־ · Because
    “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
  45. Exodus 18:16כִּֽי־ · Whenever
    “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
  46. Exodus 18:18כִּֽי־ · because
    Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.