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H3588Aכִּיki

forPart of speech: Hebrew Conjunction

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Occurrences by book

  1. 276
  2. 192
  3. 143
  4. 123
  5. 270
  6. 100
  7. 110
  8. 28
  9. 247
  10. 155
  11. 138
  12. 95
  13. 102
  14. 183
  15. 24
  16. 40
  17. 29
  18. 191
  19. 441
  20. 97
  21. 82
  22. 5
  23. 325
  24. 412
  25. 26
  26. 196
  27. 23
  28. 68
  29. 32
  30. 23
  31. 3
  32. 13
  33. 32
  34. 6
  35. 16
  36. 17
  37. 3
  38. 49
  39. 21

Renderings

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Other meanings of H3588

  • H3588Bכִּי [אם]ki imthat if: exceptH:ConjOccurrences: 137
  • H3588Cכִּי [עַל כֵּן]ki [al ken]for as that: sinceH:ConjOccurrences: 10

4,336 occurrences in 3,795 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Samuel 24:21

    And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.

    כִּ֥י ki “that”

  2. 1 Samuel 25:4

    And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  3. 1 Samuel 25:7

    And now I have heard that thou hast shearers; thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

    כִּ֥י ki “that”

  4. 1 Samuel 25:8

    Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee; wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come on a good day; give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

  5. 1 Samuel 25:17

    Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a base fellow, that one cannot speak to him.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

  6. 1 Samuel 25:25

    Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this base fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and churlishness is with him; but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

    כִּ֤י ki “for”

  7. 1 Samuel 25:28

    Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil is not found in thee all thy days.

    כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּי־ ki- “for”

  8. 1 Samuel 25:30

    And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that He hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel;

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  9. 1 Samuel 25:34

    For in very deed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst made haste and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one male.'

    כִּ֣י׀ ki “if”

  10. 1 Samuel 25:39

    And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said: 'Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back His servant from evil; and the evil-doing of Nabal hath the LORD returned upon his own head.' A

    כִּ֣י ki “that”

  11. 1 Samuel 26:3

    And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

    כִּ֣י ki “that”

  12. 1 Samuel 26:4

    David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  13. 1 Samuel 26:9

    And David said to Abishai: 'Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?'

    כִּ֠י ki “for”

  14. 1 Samuel 26:12

    So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they got them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.

    כִּ֤י ki “for”כִּ֚י ki “for”

  15. 1 Samuel 26:15

    And David said to Abner: 'Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

    כִּי־ ki- “if”

  16. 1 Samuel 26:16

    This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye deserve to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD'S anointed. And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.'

    כִּ֤י ki “for”

  17. 1 Samuel 26:18

    And he said: 'Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

    כִּ֚י ki “for”

  18. 1 Samuel 26:19

    Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be the LORD that hath stirred thee up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me

    כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

  19. 1 Samuel 26:20

    Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

  20. 1 Samuel 26:21

    Then said Saul: 'I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day; behold, I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.'

    כִּ֠י ki “for”

  21. 1 Samuel 27:1

    And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel;

    כִּ֣י ki “for”

  22. 1 Samuel 27:4

    And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath; and he sought no more again for him.

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  23. 1 Samuel 27:8

    And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

    כִּ֣י ki “for”

  24. 1 Samuel 28:1

    And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David: 'Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me in the host, thou and thy men.'

    כִּ֤י ki “that”

  25. 1 Samuel 28:13

    And the king said unto her: 'Be not afraid; for what seest thou?' And the woman said unto Saul: 'I see a godlike being coming up out of the earth.'

    כִּ֣י ki “for”