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. Micah 2:10כִּ֥י · for
    Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
  2. Micah 3:7כִּ֛י · because
    Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
  3. Micah 4:2כִּ֤י · For
    And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
  4. Micah 4:4כִּי־ · For
    And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
  5. Micah 4:5כִּ֚י · Though
    Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
  6. Micah 4:9כִּֽי־ · so that
    Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
  7. Micah 4:10כִּֽי־ · For
    Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
  8. Micah 4:12כִּ֥י · for
    But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
  9. Micah 4:13כִּֽי־ · for
    Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
  10. Micah 5:4כִּֽי־ · for
    He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
  11. Micah 5:5כִּֽי־ · when; וְכִ֤י · and
    And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
  12. Micah 5:6כִּֽי־ · when; וְכִ֥י · and
    And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
  13. Micah 6:2כִּ֣י · For
    Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
  14. Micah 6:4כִּ֤י · For
    For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
  15. Micah 6:8כִּ֣י
    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  16. Micah 7:1כִּ֤י · For
    Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
  17. Micah 7:6כִּֽי־ · For
    For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
  18. Micah 7:8כִּ֥י · Though; כִּֽי־ · though
    Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  19. Micah 7:9כִּ֥י · Because
    Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
  20. Micah 7:18כִּֽי־ · because
    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  21. Nahum 1:10כִּ֚י · For
    For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.
  22. Nahum 1:14כִּ֥י · for
    The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
  23. Nahum 1:15כִּי֩ · For
    Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
  24. Nahum 2:2כִּ֣י · For; כִּ֤י · though
    For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
  25. Nahum 3:19כִּ֗י · for
    There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
  26. Habakkuk 1:4כִּ֤י · For
    Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
  27. Habakkuk 1:5כִּי־ · For; כִּ֥י · even if
    “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
  28. Habakkuk 1:6כִּֽי־ · For
    For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
  29. Habakkuk 1:16כִּ֤י · for
    Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
  30. Habakkuk 2:3כִּ֣י · For; כִּֽי־ · since
    For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
  31. Habakkuk 2:5כִּֽי־
    …and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
  32. Habakkuk 2:8כִּֽי · Because
    Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
  33. Habakkuk 2:11כִּי־ · For
    For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
  34. Habakkuk 2:14כִּ֚י · For
    For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
  35. Habakkuk 2:17כִּ֣י · For
    For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
  36. Habakkuk 2:18כִּ֤י · that; כִּ֣י · For
    What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
  37. Habakkuk 3:8כִּ֤י · when
    Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
  38. Habakkuk 3:17כִּֽי־ · Though
    Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
  39. Zephaniah 1:7כִּ֤י · for; כִּֽי־ · Indeed
    Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
  40. Zephaniah 1:11כִּ֤י · for
    Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.
  41. Zephaniah 1:17כִּ֥י · because
    I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
  42. Zephaniah 1:18כִּֽי־ · For
    Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.