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 10:3כִּ֣י · for
    Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
  2. Hosea 10:5כִּי־ · Indeed; כִּֽי־ · for
    The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.
  3. Hosea 10:13כִּֽי־ · Because
    You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
  4. Hosea 11:1כִּ֛י · When
    When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
  5. Hosea 11:3כִּ֥י · that it was I
    It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.
  6. Hosea 11:5כִּ֥י · because
    Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
  7. Hosea 11:9כִּ֣י · For
    I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
  8. Hosea 11:10כִּֽי־ · When
    They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
  9. Hosea 13:9כִּֽי־ · because you are
    You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.
  10. Hosea 13:13כִּֽי־ · When
    Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
  11. Hosea 13:15כִּ֣י · Although
    Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
  12. Hosea 13:16כִּ֥י · because
    Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
  13. Hosea 14:1כִּ֥י · for
    Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
  14. Hosea 14:4כִּ֛י · for
    I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
  15. Hosea 14:9כִּֽי־ · For
    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
  16. Joel 1:5כִּ֥י · for
    Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
  17. Joel 1:6כִּֽי־ · For
    For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
  18. Joel 1:10כִּ֚י · For
    The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
  19. Joel 1:11כִּ֥י · because
    Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
  20. Joel 1:12כִּֽי־ · Surely
    The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
  21. Joel 1:13כִּ֥י · because
    Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
  22. Joel 1:15כִּ֤י · For
    Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
  23. Joel 1:17כִּ֥י · for
    The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
  24. Joel 1:18כִּ֛י · because
    How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
  25. Joel 1:19כִּ֣י · for
    To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
  26. Joel 1:20כִּ֤י · for
    Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
  27. Joel 2:1כִּֽי־ · for; כִּ֥י · indeed
    Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
  28. Joel 2:11כִּ֣י · Indeed; כִּ֥י · for; כִּֽי־ · For
    The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?
  29. Joel 2:13כִּֽי־ · For
    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
  30. Joel 2:20כִּ֥י · For
    The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
  31. Joel 2:21כִּֽי־ · for
    Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
  32. Joel 2:22כִּ֥י · for; כִּֽי־
    Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
  33. Joel 2:23כִּֽי־ · for
    Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
  34. Joel 2:27כִּ֣י · that
    Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
  35. Joel 2:32כִּ֠י · for
    And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
  36. Joel 3:1כִּ֗י · Yes
    “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
  37. Joel 3:8כִּ֥י · Indeed
    I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
  38. Joel 3:12כִּ֣י · for
    Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
  39. Joel 3:13כִּ֥י · for; כִּֽי־ · for; כִּ֥י · because
    Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
  40. Joel 3:14כִּ֤י · For
    Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
  41. Joel 3:17כִּ֣י · that
    Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
  42. Amos 3:7כִּ֣י · Surely; כִּ֚י · without
    Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.