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

Genesis 32:25 כִּ֣י

When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
Genesis 32:26 כִּ֥יכִּ֖י

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Genesis 32:28 כִּ֖יכִּֽי־

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
Genesis 32:30 כִּֽי־

So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
Genesis 32:32 כִּ֤י

Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
Genesis 33:10 כִּ֣י

But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
Genesis 33:11 כִּֽי־וְכִ֣י

Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
Genesis 33:13 כִּֽי־

But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
Genesis 34:5 כִּ֤י

Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
Genesis 34:7 כִּֽי־

When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
Genesis 34:14 כִּֽי־

“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
Genesis 34:19 כִּ֥י

The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
Genesis 35:7 כִּ֣י

There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
Genesis 35:10 כִּ֤י

And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
Genesis 35:17 כִּֽי־

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
Genesis 35:18 כִּ֣י

And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 36:7 כִּֽי־

For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
Genesis 37:3 כִּֽי־

Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
Genesis 37:4 כִּֽי־

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
Genesis 37:17 כִּ֤י

“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
Genesis 37:26 כִּ֤י

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Genesis 37:27 כִּֽי־

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
Genesis 37:35 כִּֽי־

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Genesis 38:9 כִּ֛י

But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
Genesis 38:11 כִּ֣י

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
Genesis 38:14 כִּ֤יכִּֽי־

she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
Genesis 38:15 כִּ֥י

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
Genesis 38:16 כִּ֚יכִּ֥יכִּ֥י

Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
Genesis 38:26 כִּֽי־

Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
Genesis 39:3 כִּ֥י

When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
Genesis 39:6 כִּ֥י

So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
Genesis 39:9 כִּ֥י

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
Genesis 39:13 כִּֽי־

When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
Genesis 39:15 כִּֽי־

When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
Genesis 40:14 כִּ֧י

But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.
Genesis 40:15 כִּֽי־כִּֽי־

For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
Genesis 40:16 כִּ֣י

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
Genesis 41:21 כִּי־

When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
Genesis 41:31 כִּֽי־

The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.
Genesis 41:32 כִּֽי־

Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
Genesis 41:49 כִּי־כִּי־

So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
Genesis 41:51 כִּֽי־

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
Genesis 41:52 כִּֽי־

And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Genesis 41:57 כִּֽי־

And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
Genesis 42:1 כִּ֥י

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
Genesis 42:2 כִּ֥י

“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
Genesis 42:4 כִּ֣י

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
Genesis 42:5 כִּֽי־

So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:12 כִּֽי־

“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Genesis 42:15 כִּ֧י

And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.