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כִּי

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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. Genesis 1:4כִּי־ · that
    And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
  2. Genesis 1:10כִּי־ · that
    God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
  3. Genesis 1:12כִּי־ · that
    The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
  4. Genesis 1:18כִּי־ · that
    …to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
  5. Genesis 1:21כִּי־ · that
    So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  6. Genesis 1:25כִּי־ · that
    God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  7. Genesis 2:3כִּ֣י · because
    Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
  8. Genesis 2:5כִּי֩ · for
    Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
  9. Genesis 2:17כִּ֗י · for
    …but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
  10. Genesis 2:23כִּ֥י · for
    And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
  11. Genesis 3:1כִּֽי־ · really
    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
  12. Genesis 3:5כִּ֚י · For; כִּ֗י · that
    “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
  13. Genesis 3:6כִּ֣י · that; וְכִ֧י · and
    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
  14. Genesis 3:7כִּ֥י · that
    And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
  15. Genesis 3:10כִּֽי־ · because
    “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
  16. Genesis 3:11כִּ֥י · that
    “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
  17. Genesis 3:14כִּ֣י · Because
    So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
  18. Genesis 3:17כִּֽי־ · Because
    And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
  19. Genesis 3:19כִּ֥י · because; כִּֽי־ · For
    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  20. Genesis 3:20כִּ֛י · because
    And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
  21. Genesis 4:12כִּ֤י · When
    When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
  22. Genesis 4:23כִּ֣י · For
    Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
  23. Genesis 4:24כִּ֥י · If
    If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
  24. Genesis 4:25כִּ֣י · saying; כִּ֥י · since
    And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
  25. Genesis 5:24כִּֽי־ · because
    Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
  26. Genesis 6:1כִּֽי־ · when
    Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
  27. Genesis 6:2כִּ֥י · that
    …the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
  28. Genesis 6:5כִּ֥י · that
    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
  29. Genesis 6:6כִּֽי־ · that
    And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
  30. Genesis 6:7כִּ֥י · for; כִּ֥י · that
    So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
  31. Genesis 6:12כִּֽי־ · for
    And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
  32. Genesis 6:13כִּֽי־ · because
    Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
  33. Genesis 7:1כִּֽי־ · because
    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
  34. Genesis 7:4כִּי֩ · For
    For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
  35. Genesis 8:9כִּי־ · because
    But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
  36. Genesis 8:11כִּי־ · that
    And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
  37. Genesis 8:21כִּ֠י · even though
    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
  38. Genesis 9:6כִּ֚י · for
    Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
  39. Genesis 10:25כִּ֤י · because
    Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
  40. Genesis 11:9כִּי־ · for
    That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
  41. Genesis 12:10כִּֽי־ · because
    Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
  42. Genesis 12:11כִּ֛י · that
    As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
  43. Genesis 12:12כִּֽי־ · when
    …and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
  44. Genesis 12:14כִּֽי־ · that
    So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
  45. Genesis 12:18כִּ֥י
    So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?