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 29:13כִּ֛י · For
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.
  2. Ezekiel 29:16כִּ֥י · that
    Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
  3. Ezekiel 29:21כִּי־ · that
    In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
  4. Ezekiel 30:3כִּֽי־ · For
    For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
  5. Ezekiel 30:8כִּֽי־ · that
    Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.
  6. Ezekiel 30:9כִּ֥י · For
    On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.
  7. Ezekiel 30:19כִּֽי־ · that
    So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
  8. Ezekiel 30:25כִּֽי־ · that
    I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.
  9. Ezekiel 30:26כִּֽי־ · that
    I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
  10. Ezekiel 31:7כִּֽי־ · for
    It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
  11. Ezekiel 31:14כִּֽי־ · For
    This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
  12. Ezekiel 32:11כִּ֛י · For
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
  13. Ezekiel 32:15כִּֽי־ · that
    ‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’
  14. Ezekiel 32:25כִּֽי־ · although
    Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
  15. Ezekiel 32:26כִּֽי־ · because
    Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
  16. Ezekiel 32:27כִּֽי־ · although
    They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
  17. Ezekiel 32:32כִּֽי־ · For
    For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”
  18. Ezekiel 33:2כִּֽי־ · Suppose
    “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
  19. Ezekiel 33:6כִּֽי־ · But if
    But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
  20. Ezekiel 33:9כִּֽי־ · But if
    But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
  21. Ezekiel 33:10כִּֽי־
    Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’
  22. Ezekiel 33:11כִּ֣י · but rather
    Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  23. Ezekiel 33:29כִּֽי־ · that
    Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’
  24. Ezekiel 33:31כִּֽי־ · Although
    So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
  25. Ezekiel 33:33כִּ֥י · that
    So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
  26. Ezekiel 34:11כִּ֛י · For
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
  27. Ezekiel 34:27כִּי־ · that
    The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.
  28. Ezekiel 34:30כִּ֣י · that
    Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD.
  29. Ezekiel 35:4כִּֽי־ · that
    I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  30. Ezekiel 35:6כִּֽי־
    …therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
  31. Ezekiel 35:9כִּֽי־ · that
    I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  32. Ezekiel 35:12כִּֽי־ · that
    Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’
  33. Ezekiel 35:15כִּֽי־ · that
    As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  34. Ezekiel 36:8כִּ֥י · for
    But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
  35. Ezekiel 36:9כִּ֖י · For
    For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
  36. Ezekiel 36:11כִּֽי־ · that
    I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  37. Ezekiel 36:22כִּ֤י · but
    Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
  38. Ezekiel 36:23כִּי־ · that
    I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.
  39. Ezekiel 36:36כִּ֣י׀ · that
    Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.
  40. Ezekiel 36:38כִּֽי־ · that
    Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
  41. Ezekiel 37:6כִּֽי־ · that
    I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  42. Ezekiel 37:13כִּֽי־ · that
    Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.
  43. Ezekiel 37:14כִּי־ · that
    I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”
  44. Ezekiel 37:28כִּ֚י · that
    Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”
  45. Ezekiel 38:23כִּֽי־ · that
    I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  46. Ezekiel 39:5כִּ֚י · for
    You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.
  47. Ezekiel 39:6כִּי־ · that
    I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.
  48. Ezekiel 39:7כִּי־ · that
    So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
  49. Ezekiel 39:10כִּ֥י · for
    They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
  50. Ezekiel 39:22כִּ֛י · that
    From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.