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 20:12כִּ֛י · that
    I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  2. Ezekiel 20:16כִּ֛י · for
    …because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
  3. Ezekiel 20:20כִּ֛י · that
    Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
  4. Ezekiel 20:38כִּי־ · that
    And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  5. Ezekiel 20:40כִּ֣י · For
    For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
  6. Ezekiel 20:42כִּֽי־ · that
    Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.
  7. Ezekiel 20:44כִּֽי־ · that
    Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”
  8. Ezekiel 20:48כִּ֛י · that
    Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”
  9. Ezekiel 21:5כִּ֚י · that
    Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
  10. Ezekiel 21:7כִּֽי־ · when; כִֽי־ · that
    And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
  11. Ezekiel 21:12כִּי־ · for
    Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
  12. Ezekiel 21:13כִּ֣י · Surely
    Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
  13. Ezekiel 21:21כִּֽי־ · For
    For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
  14. Ezekiel 21:32כִּ֛י · for
    You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”
  15. Ezekiel 22:16כִּֽי־ · that
    And when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  16. Ezekiel 22:22כִּֽי־ · that
    As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”
  17. Ezekiel 23:8כִּ֤י · when
    She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
  18. Ezekiel 23:13כִּ֣י · that
    And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.
  19. Ezekiel 23:28כִּ֣י · For
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hands of those you hate, from whom you turned away in disgust.
  20. Ezekiel 23:34כִּ֚י · For
    You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.
  21. Ezekiel 23:37כִּ֣י · For
    For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.
  22. Ezekiel 23:40כִּ֤י
    Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
  23. Ezekiel 23:45כִּ֤י · because
    But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.
  24. Ezekiel 23:46כִּ֛י
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
  25. Ezekiel 23:49כִּ֥י · that
    They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”
  26. Ezekiel 24:7כִּ֤י · For
    For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
  27. Ezekiel 24:19כִּ֥י
    Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
  28. Ezekiel 24:24כִּ֥י · that
    ‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
  29. Ezekiel 24:27כִּֽי־ · that
    On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
  30. Ezekiel 25:3כִֽי־; כִּ֣י; כִּ֥י
    Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
  31. Ezekiel 25:5כִּֽי־ · that
    I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
  32. Ezekiel 25:6כִּ֣י · For
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
  33. Ezekiel 25:7כִּֽי־ · that
    …therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’
  34. Ezekiel 25:11כִּֽי־ · that
    So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.’
  35. Ezekiel 25:17כִּֽי־ · that
    I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”
  36. Ezekiel 26:5כִּ֚י · for
    She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,
  37. Ezekiel 26:6כִּי־ · that
    …and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’
  38. Ezekiel 26:7כִּ֣י · For
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
  39. Ezekiel 26:14כִּ֣י · for
    I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
  40. Ezekiel 26:19כִּ֣י · For
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
  41. Ezekiel 28:10כִּ֚י · For
    You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”
  42. Ezekiel 28:22כִּֽי־ · that
    And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
  43. Ezekiel 28:23כִּֽי־ · that
    I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  44. Ezekiel 28:24כִּ֥י · that
    For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
  45. Ezekiel 28:26כִּ֛י · that
    And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”
  46. Ezekiel 29:6כִּ֖י · that
    Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
  47. Ezekiel 29:9כִּֽי־ · that
    The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’