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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 Kings 18:10

    As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said: He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

    כִּ֖י ki “that”

  2. 1 Kings 18:15

    And Elijah said: 'As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.'

    כִּ֥י ki “for”

  3. 1 Kings 18:25

    And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal: 'Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.'

    כִּ֥י ki “for”

  4. 1 Kings 18:27

    And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said: 'Cry aloud; for he is a god; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “for”כִּ֣י ki “for”וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “for”וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “for”

  5. 1 Kings 18:36

    And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said: 'O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that Thou art God in Israel, and that I am Thy servant, a

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  6. 1 Kings 18:37

    Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that Thou, LORD, art God, for Thou didst turn their heart backward.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  7. 1 Kings 18:41

    And Elijah said unto Ahab: 'Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.'

    כִּי־ ki- “for”

  8. 1 Kings 19:2

    Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying: 'So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

  9. 1 Kings 19:4

    But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom-tree; and he requested for himself that he might die; and said: 'It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

  10. 1 Kings 19:7

    And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said: 'Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.'

    כִּ֛י ki “for”

  11. 1 Kings 19:10

    And he said: 'I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it

    כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

  12. 1 Kings 19:14

    And he said: 'I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it

    כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

  13. 1 Kings 19:20

    And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said: 'Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.' And he said unto him: 'Go back; for what have I done to thee?'

    כִּ֥י ki “for”

  14. 1 Kings 20:5

    And the messengers came again, and said: 'Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying: I sent indeed unto thee, saying: Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  15. 1 Kings 20:6

    but I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.'

    כִּ֣י׀ ki “that”

  16. 1 Kings 20:7

    Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said: 'Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief; for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.'

    כִּ֥י ki “that”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

  17. 1 Kings 20:13

    And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  18. 1 Kings 20:22

    And the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said unto him: 'Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest; for at the return of the year the king of Aram will come up against thee.'

    כִּ֚י ki “for”

  19. 1 Kings 20:28

    And a man of God came near and spoke unto the king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Because the Arameans have said: The LORD is a God of the hills, but he is not a God of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy h

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  20. 1 Kings 20:31

    And his servants said unto him: 'Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save t

    כִּ֗י Ki “that”כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

  21. 1 Kings 20:41

    And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

    כִּ֥י ki “that”

  22. 1 Kings 21:2

    And Ahab spoke unto Naboth, saying: 'Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in

    כִּ֣י ki “for”

  23. 1 Kings 21:6

    And he said unto her: 'Because I spoke unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him: Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it; and he answered: I will not give thee my vineyard.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

  24. 1 Kings 21:15

    And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab: 'Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.'

    כִּֽי־ ki- “that”כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּי־ ki- “for”

  25. 1 Kings 21:16

    And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

    כִּ֣י ki “that”