כִּי

ki

Hebrew H3588 Conjunction 4,486 occurrences in 3,910 verses

כִּי for

1. that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since

a. that

1. yea, indeed

b. when (of time)

1. when, if, though (with a concessive force)

c. because, since (causal connection)

d. but (after negative)

e. that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if

f. but rather, but

g. except that

h. only, nevertheless

i. surely

j. that is

k. but if

l. for though

m. forasmuch as, for therefore

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

Translation

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Concordance 3,910 verses

2 Samuel 4:10 כִּ֣י

when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
2 Samuel 4:11 כִּֽי־

How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
2 Samuel 5:6 כִּ֣י

Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
2 Samuel 5:12 כִּֽי־וְכִי֙

And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
2 Samuel 5:17 כִּי־

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
2 Samuel 5:19 כִּֽי־

So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
2 Samuel 5:24 כִּ֣י

As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
2 Samuel 6:6 כִּ֥י

When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
2 Samuel 6:13 כִּ֧י

When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
2 Samuel 7:1 כִּי־

After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 Samuel 7:3 כִּ֥י

And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
2 Samuel 7:6 כִּ֣י

For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
2 Samuel 7:11 כִּי־

and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
2 Samuel 7:12 כִּ֣י׀

And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:18 כִּ֥י

Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
2 Samuel 7:22 כִּֽי־

How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
2 Samuel 7:27 כִּֽי־

For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
2 Samuel 7:29 כִּֽי־

Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
2 Samuel 8:9 כִּ֚י

When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
2 Samuel 8:10 כִּי־

he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
2 Samuel 9:1 הֲכִ֣י

Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
2 Samuel 9:7 כִּ֣י

“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
2 Samuel 9:8 כִּ֣י

Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
2 Samuel 9:13 כִּ֣י

So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.
2 Samuel 10:3 כִּֽי־

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
2 Samuel 10:5 כִּֽי־

When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
2 Samuel 10:6 כִּ֥י

When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
2 Samuel 10:9 כִּֽי־

When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
2 Samuel 10:14 כִּי־

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 10:15 כִּ֥י

When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
2 Samuel 10:19 כִּ֤י

When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
2 Samuel 11:16 כִּ֥י

So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
2 Samuel 11:23 כִּֽי־

The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
2 Samuel 11:25 כִּֽי־

Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
2 Samuel 11:26 כִּי־

When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
2 Samuel 12:3 כִּי֩

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
2 Samuel 12:5 כִּ֣י

David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
2 Samuel 12:10 כִּ֣י

Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
2 Samuel 12:12 כִּ֥י

You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
2 Samuel 12:14 כִּֽי־

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
2 Samuel 12:18 כִּי־כִּ֤י

On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
2 Samuel 12:19 כִּ֤יכִּ֣י

When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.
2 Samuel 12:22 כִּ֤י

David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
2 Samuel 13:2 כִּ֥י

Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
2 Samuel 13:12 כִּ֛י

“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
2 Samuel 13:13 כִּ֛י

Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
2 Samuel 13:15 כִּ֣י

Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
2 Samuel 13:18 כִּי֩

So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
2 Samuel 13:22 כִּֽי־

And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel 13:28 כִּ֤י

Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”