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. Hosea 1:6כִּֽי־ · that
    Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
  2. Hosea 1:9כִּ֤י · for
    And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
  3. Hosea 1:11כִּ֥י · For
    Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.
  4. Hosea 2:2כִּֽי־ · for
    Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
  5. Hosea 2:4כִּֽי־ · because
    I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
  6. Hosea 2:5כִּ֤י · For; כִּ֣י · For
    For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
  7. Hosea 2:7כִּ֣י · for
    She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
  8. Hosea 2:8כִּ֤י · that
    For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
  9. Hosea 3:4כִּ֣י׀ · For
    For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
  10. Hosea 4:1כִּ֣י · for; כִּ֠י
    Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
  11. Hosea 4:6כִּֽי־ · Because
    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
  12. Hosea 4:10כִּֽי־ · For
    They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves
  13. Hosea 4:12כִּ֣י · For
    My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
  14. Hosea 4:13כִּ֣י · because
    They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
  15. Hosea 4:14כִּ֣י · when; כִּ֣י · when; כִּי־ · For
    I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.
  16. Hosea 4:16כִּ֚י · For
    For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
  17. Hosea 5:1כִּ֥י · For; כִּֽי־ · because
    “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
  18. Hosea 5:3כִּ֤י · For
    I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
  19. Hosea 5:4כִּ֣י · for
    Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
  20. Hosea 5:7כִּֽי־ · for
    They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
  21. Hosea 5:11כִּ֣י · for
    Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
  22. Hosea 5:14כִּ֣י · For
    For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
  23. Hosea 6:1כִּ֛י · For
    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
  24. Hosea 6:6כִּ֛י · For
    For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
  25. Hosea 6:9כִּ֥י · surely
    Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
  26. Hosea 7:1כִּ֥י · For
    When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
  27. Hosea 7:6כִּֽי־ · For
    For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
  28. Hosea 7:13כִּֽי־ · for; כִּֽי־ · for
    Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
  29. Hosea 7:14כִּ֥י · when
    They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
  30. Hosea 8:6כִּ֤י · For; כִּֽי־
    For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
  31. Hosea 8:7כִּ֛י · For
    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
  32. Hosea 8:9כִּֽי־ · For
    For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
  33. Hosea 8:10כִּֽי־
    Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
  34. Hosea 8:11כִּֽי־ · Though
    Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
  35. Hosea 9:1כִּ֥י · for
    Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
  36. Hosea 9:4כִּֽי־ · For
    They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
  37. Hosea 9:6כִּֽי־ · For
    For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
  38. Hosea 9:12כִּ֤י · Even; כִּֽי־ · Yes
    Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
  39. Hosea 9:15כִּֽי־ · for
    All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
  40. Hosea 9:16כִּ֣י · if
    Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
  41. Hosea 9:17כִּ֛י · because
    My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
  42. Hosea 10:3כִּ֤י · Surely
    Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”