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

Translated as (BSB)

Forms

By book

Old Testament

New Testament

Concordance 3,910 verses

Genesis 26:16 כִּֽי־

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
Genesis 26:20 כִּ֥י

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
Genesis 26:22 כִּֽי־

He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
Genesis 26:24 כִּֽי־

and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
Genesis 26:28 כִּֽי־

“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
Genesis 27:1 כִּֽי־

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
Genesis 27:20 כִּ֥י

But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
Genesis 27:23 כִּֽי־

Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
Genesis 27:36 הֲכִי֩

So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
Genesis 28:6 כִּֽי־

Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
Genesis 28:8 כִּ֥י

And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
Genesis 28:11 כִּי־

On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
Genesis 28:15 כִּ֚י

Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Genesis 28:17 כִּ֚י

And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
Genesis 29:2 כִּ֚י

He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:9 כִּ֥י

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
Genesis 29:12 כִּ֣יוְכִ֥י

He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
Genesis 29:15 הֲכִי־

Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
Genesis 29:21 כִּ֥י

Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
Genesis 29:31 כִּֽי־

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 29:32 כִּ֣יכִּֽי־כִּ֥י

And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
Genesis 29:33 כִּֽי־כִּֽי־

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
Genesis 29:34 כִּֽי־

Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
Genesis 30:1 כִּ֣י

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
Genesis 30:9 כִּ֥י

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
Genesis 30:13 כִּ֥י

Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
Genesis 30:16 כִּ֚י

When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
Genesis 30:20 כִּֽי־

“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
Genesis 30:26 כִּ֚י

Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
Genesis 30:30 כִּ֡י

Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
Genesis 30:33 כִּֽי־

So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
Genesis 31:5 כִּֽי־

and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:6 כִּ֚י

You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
Genesis 31:12 כִּ֣י

‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
Genesis 31:15 כִּ֣י

Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
Genesis 31:16 כִּ֣י

Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
Genesis 31:20 כִּ֥י

Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
Genesis 31:22 כִּ֥י

On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.
Genesis 31:30 כִּֽי־

Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
Genesis 31:31 כִּ֣יכִּ֣י

“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
Genesis 31:32 כִּ֥י

If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
Genesis 31:35 כִּ֣יכִּי־

Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.
Genesis 31:36 כִּ֥י

Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
Genesis 31:37 כִּֽי־

You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
Genesis 31:42 כִּ֥י

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
Genesis 31:49 כִּ֥י

It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
Genesis 32:10 כִּ֣י

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
Genesis 32:11 כִּֽי־

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
Genesis 32:17 כִּ֣י

He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
Genesis 32:20 כִּֽי־

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”