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)

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Concordance 3,910 verses

1 Chronicles 10:7 כִּ֣יוְכִי־

When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
1 Chronicles 11:19 כִּ֣י

saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
1 Chronicles 12:18 כִּ֥י

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
1 Chronicles 12:19 כִּ֣י

Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
1 Chronicles 12:21 כִּֽי־

They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
1 Chronicles 12:22 כִּ֚י

For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.
1 Chronicles 12:39 כִּֽי־

They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
1 Chronicles 12:40 כִּ֥י

And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
1 Chronicles 13:3 כִּי־

Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
1 Chronicles 13:4 כִּֽי־

And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
1 Chronicles 13:9 כִּ֥י

When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.
1 Chronicles 13:11 כִּֽי־

Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
1 Chronicles 14:2 כִּֽי־כִּֽי־

And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
1 Chronicles 14:8 כִּי־

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went out to face them.
1 Chronicles 14:15 כִּֽי־

As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
1 Chronicles 15:2 כִּ֖יכִּי־

Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
1 Chronicles 15:13 כִּ֛יכִּי־

It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
1 Chronicles 15:22 כִּ֥י

Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
1 Chronicles 16:25 כִּי֩

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
1 Chronicles 16:26 כִּ֠י

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
1 Chronicles 16:33 כִּי־

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.
1 Chronicles 16:34 כִּ֣יכִּ֥י

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:41 כִּ֥י

With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”
1 Chronicles 17:2 כִּ֥י

And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
1 Chronicles 17:5 כִּ֣י

For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
1 Chronicles 17:11 כִּֽי־

And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Chronicles 17:16 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?
1 Chronicles 17:25 כִּ֣י׀

For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
1 Chronicles 17:27 כִּֽי־

So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
1 Chronicles 18:9 כִּ֚י

When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
1 Chronicles 18:10 כִּי־

he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
1 Chronicles 19:2 כִּֽי־

And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
1 Chronicles 19:3 כִּֽי־

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
1 Chronicles 19:5 כִּי־

When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
1 Chronicles 19:6 כִּ֥י

When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
1 Chronicles 19:10 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.
1 Chronicles 19:15 כִּי־

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 19:16 כִּ֣י

When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
1 Chronicles 19:19 כִּ֤י

When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
1 Chronicles 21:6 כִּֽי־

But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
1 Chronicles 21:8 כִּ֥י

Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
1 Chronicles 21:13 כִּֽי־

David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
1 Chronicles 21:18 כִּ֣י׀

Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1 Chronicles 21:24 כִּֽי־כִּ֠י

“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
1 Chronicles 21:28 כִּי־

At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
1 Chronicles 21:30 כִּ֣י

but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 22:4 כִּֽי

and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
1 Chronicles 22:8 כִּ֚י

but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
1 Chronicles 22:9 כִּ֤י

But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
1 Chronicles 22:14 כִּ֥י

Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.