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. Ezekiel 7:14כִּ֥י · for
    They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.
  2. Ezekiel 7:19כִּֽי־ · for
    They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
  3. Ezekiel 7:23כִּ֣י · for
    Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
  4. Ezekiel 7:27כִּֽי־ · that
    The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
  5. Ezekiel 8:12כִּ֣י · For
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
  6. Ezekiel 8:17כִּֽי־ · that
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
  7. Ezekiel 9:9כִּ֣י · For
    He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
  8. Ezekiel 10:11כִּ֣י · For
    When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
  9. Ezekiel 10:17כִּ֛י · for
    When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
  10. Ezekiel 10:20כִּ֥י · that
    These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
  11. Ezekiel 11:10כִּֽי־ · that
    You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  12. Ezekiel 11:12כִּֽי־ · that
    Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
  13. Ezekiel 11:16כִּ֤י · Although; וְכִ֥י
    Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
  14. Ezekiel 12:2כִּ֛י · for
    “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
  15. Ezekiel 12:3כִּ֛י · though
    Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
  16. Ezekiel 12:6כִּֽי־ · For
    And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”
  17. Ezekiel 12:15כִּֽי־ · that
    And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
  18. Ezekiel 12:16כִּֽי־ · that
    But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
  19. Ezekiel 12:20כִּֽי־ · that
    The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  20. Ezekiel 12:23כִּ֚י · But
    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
  21. Ezekiel 12:24כִּ֠י · For
    For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
  22. Ezekiel 12:25כִּ֣י׀ · because; כִּ֣י · For
    …because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  23. Ezekiel 13:9כִּ֥י · that
    My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
  24. Ezekiel 13:14כִּֽי־ · that
    I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  25. Ezekiel 13:21כִּֽי־ · that
    I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  26. Ezekiel 13:23כִּֽי־ · that
    …therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
  27. Ezekiel 14:7כִּי֩ · For when
    For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
  28. Ezekiel 14:8כִּֽי־ · that
    I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  29. Ezekiel 14:9כִֽי־ · But if
    But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
  30. Ezekiel 14:13כִּ֤י · if
    “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
  31. Ezekiel 14:18כִּ֛י
    …then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.
  32. Ezekiel 14:21כִּי֩ · For; כִּֽי־ · will it be when
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
  33. Ezekiel 14:23כִּֽי־ · when; כִּי֩ · that
    They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
  34. Ezekiel 15:5כִּי־ · when
    Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
  35. Ezekiel 15:7כִּֽי־ · that
    And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
  36. Ezekiel 16:14כִּ֣י׀ · for
    Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.
  37. Ezekiel 16:59כִּ֣י · For
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
  38. Ezekiel 16:62כִּֽי־ · that
    So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,
  39. Ezekiel 17:21כִּ֛י · that
    All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
  40. Ezekiel 17:24כִּ֣י · that
    Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
  41. Ezekiel 18:5כִּי־ · Now suppose
    Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
  42. Ezekiel 18:11כִּ֣י
    …though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.
  43. Ezekiel 18:18כִּֽי־ · because
    As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
  44. Ezekiel 18:21כִּ֤י · But if
    But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
  45. Ezekiel 18:32כִּ֣י · For
    For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!
  46. Ezekiel 19:5כִּ֣י · that
    When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.