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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. Exodus 19:5כִּי־ · for
    Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
  2. Exodus 19:11כִּ֣י׀ · for
    …and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
  3. Exodus 19:13כִּֽי־ · but
    No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
  4. Exodus 19:23כִּֽי־ · for
    But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
  5. Exodus 20:5כִּ֣י · for
    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  6. Exodus 20:7כִּ֣י · for
    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
  7. Exodus 20:11כִּ֣י · For
    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
  8. Exodus 20:20כִּ֗י · For
    “Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
  9. Exodus 20:22כִּ֚י · that
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.
  10. Exodus 20:25כִּ֧י · for if
    Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
  11. Exodus 21:2כִּ֤י · If
    If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
  12. Exodus 21:7וְכִֽי־ · And if
    And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
  13. Exodus 21:14וְכִֽי־ · But if
    But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
  14. Exodus 21:18וְכִֽי־ · If
    If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
  15. Exodus 21:20וְכִֽי־ · If
    If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
  16. Exodus 21:21כִּ֥י · since
    However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
  17. Exodus 21:22וְכִֽי־ · If
    If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
  18. Exodus 21:26וְכִֽי־ · If
    If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
  19. Exodus 21:28וְכִֽי־ · If
    If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
  20. Exodus 21:33וְכִֽי־ · If; כִּֽי־
    If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
  21. Exodus 21:35וְכִֽי־ · If
    If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
  22. Exodus 21:36כִּ֠י · that
    But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
  23. Exodus 22:1כִּ֤י · If
    “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
  24. Exodus 22:5כִּ֤י · If
    If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
  25. Exodus 22:6כִּֽי־ · If
    If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
  26. Exodus 22:7כִּֽי־ · If
    If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
  27. Exodus 22:9כִּי־
    In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
  28. Exodus 22:10כִּֽי־ · If
    If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,
  29. Exodus 22:14וְכִֽי־ · If
    If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
  30. Exodus 22:16וְכִֽי־ · If
    If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
  31. Exodus 22:21כִּֽי־ · for
    You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  32. Exodus 22:23כִּ֣י
    If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
  33. Exodus 22:27כִּ֣י · because; כִּֽי־ · And if; כִּֽי־ · for
    …because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
  34. Exodus 23:4כִּ֣י · If
    If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
  35. Exodus 23:5כִּֽי־ · If
    If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
  36. Exodus 23:7כִּ֥י · for
    Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
  37. Exodus 23:8כִּ֤י · for
    Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
  38. Exodus 23:9כִּֽי־ · for
    Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  39. Exodus 23:15כִּי־ · because
    You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
  40. Exodus 23:21כִּ֣י · for; כִּ֥י · since
    Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
  41. Exodus 23:22כִּ֣י · But
    But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
  42. Exodus 23:23כִּֽי־ · For
    For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
  43. Exodus 23:24כִּ֤י · Instead
    You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
  44. Exodus 23:31כִּ֣י׀ · For
    And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
  45. Exodus 23:33כִּ֤י · For; כִּֽי־ · it will surely
    They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”