Hebrew word study

כִּיkîy — (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjuncti…

Pronounced “kee”

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

Translated in the King James as: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Appears 4,301 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 277×

Genesis 1:4 Genesis 1:10 Genesis 1:12 Genesis 1:18 Genesis 1:21 Genesis 1:25 Genesis 2:3 Genesis 2:5 Genesis 2:17 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 3:1 Genesis 3:5 Genesis 3:6 Genesis 3:7 Genesis 3:10 Genesis 3:11 Genesis 3:14 Genesis 3:17 Genesis 3:19 Genesis 3:20 Genesis 4:12 Genesis 4:23 Genesis 4:24 Genesis 4:25 Genesis 5:24+ 252 more in Genesis

Exodus — 194×

Exodus 1:10 Exodus 1:19 Exodus 1:21 Exodus 2:2 Exodus 2:10 Exodus 2:12 Exodus 3:4 Exodus 3:5 Exodus 3:6 Exodus 3:7 Exodus 3:11 Exodus 3:12 Exodus 3:19 Exodus 3:21 Exodus 4:1 Exodus 4:5 Exodus 4:10 Exodus 4:14 Exodus 4:19 Exodus 4:25 Exodus 4:31 Exodus 5:8 Exodus 5:11 Exodus 6:1 Exodus 6:7+ 169 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 143×

Leviticus 1:2 Leviticus 2:1 Leviticus 2:4 Leviticus 2:11 Leviticus 4:2 Leviticus 5:1 Leviticus 5:3 Leviticus 5:4 Leviticus 5:5 Leviticus 5:11 Leviticus 5:15 Leviticus 5:17 Leviticus 6:2 Leviticus 6:4 Leviticus 7:21 Leviticus 7:25 Leviticus 8:33 Leviticus 8:35 Leviticus 9:4 Leviticus 10:7 Leviticus 10:12 Leviticus 10:13 Leviticus 10:14 Leviticus 10:17 Leviticus 11:4+ 118 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 124×

Numbers 3:13 Numbers 5:6 Numbers 5:12 Numbers 5:15 Numbers 5:20 Numbers 6:2 Numbers 6:7 Numbers 6:9 Numbers 6:12 Numbers 7:9 Numbers 8:16 Numbers 8:17 Numbers 9:10 Numbers 9:13 Numbers 9:14 Numbers 10:9 Numbers 10:29 Numbers 10:30 Numbers 10:31 Numbers 10:32 Numbers 11:3 Numbers 11:12 Numbers 11:13 Numbers 11:14 Numbers 11:16+ 99 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 268×

Deuteronomy 1:17 Deuteronomy 1:38 Deuteronomy 1:42 Deuteronomy 2:5 Deuteronomy 2:7 Deuteronomy 2:9 Deuteronomy 2:19 Deuteronomy 2:30 Deuteronomy 3:2 Deuteronomy 3:11 Deuteronomy 3:19 Deuteronomy 3:22 Deuteronomy 3:27 Deuteronomy 3:28 Deuteronomy 4:3 Deuteronomy 4:6 Deuteronomy 4:7 Deuteronomy 4:15 Deuteronomy 4:22 Deuteronomy 4:24 Deuteronomy 4:25 Deuteronomy 4:26 Deuteronomy 4:29 Deuteronomy 4:31 Deuteronomy 4:32+ 243 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 99×

Joshua 1:6 Joshua 1:8 Joshua 1:9 Joshua 1:11 Joshua 2:3 Joshua 2:5 Joshua 2:9 Joshua 2:10 Joshua 2:11 Joshua 2:12 Joshua 2:15 Joshua 2:24 Joshua 3:4 Joshua 3:5 Joshua 3:7 Joshua 3:10 Joshua 4:6 Joshua 4:24 Joshua 5:5 Joshua 5:6 Joshua 5:7 Joshua 5:14 Joshua 5:15 Joshua 6:16 Joshua 6:17+ 74 more in Joshua

Judges — 107×

Judges 1:15 Judges 1:19 Judges 1:28 Judges 1:32 Judges 1:34 Judges 2:17 Judges 2:18 Judges 3:12 Judges 3:22 Judges 3:28 Judges 4:3 Judges 4:9 Judges 4:12 Judges 4:14 Judges 4:17 Judges 4:19 Judges 5:23 Judges 6:5 Judges 6:7 Judges 6:16 Judges 6:22 Judges 6:30 Judges 6:31 Judges 6:32 Judges 6:37+ 82 more in Judges

Ruth — 27×

Ruth 1:6 Ruth 1:10 Ruth 1:12 Ruth 1:13 Ruth 1:16 Ruth 1:17 Ruth 1:18 Ruth 1:20 Ruth 2:13 Ruth 2:21 Ruth 2:22 Ruth 3:9 Ruth 3:11 Ruth 3:12 Ruth 3:14 Ruth 3:17 Ruth 3:18 Ruth 4:4 Ruth 4:6 Ruth 4:9 Ruth 4:15+ 6 more in Ruth

1 Samuel — 238×

1 Sam 1:5 1 Sam 1:6 1 Sam 1:12 1 Sam 1:16 1 Sam 1:20 1 Sam 2:1 1 Sam 2:2 1 Sam 2:3 1 Sam 2:8 1 Sam 2:9 1 Sam 2:15 1 Sam 2:17 1 Sam 2:21 1 Sam 2:24 1 Sam 2:25 1 Sam 2:30 1 Sam 3:5 1 Sam 3:6 1 Sam 3:8 1 Sam 3:9 1 Sam 3:10 1 Sam 3:13 1 Sam 3:20 1 Sam 3:21 1 Sam 4:6+ 213 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 154×

2 Sam 1:5 2 Sam 1:9 2 Sam 1:10 2 Sam 1:12 2 Sam 1:16 2 Sam 1:21 2 Sam 2:7 2 Sam 2:26 2 Sam 2:27 2 Sam 3:9 2 Sam 3:18 2 Sam 3:22 2 Sam 3:25 2 Sam 3:35 2 Sam 3:37 2 Sam 3:38 2 Sam 4:1 2 Sam 4:2 2 Sam 4:10 2 Sam 4:11 2 Sam 5:6 2 Sam 5:12 2 Sam 5:17 2 Sam 5:19 2 Sam 5:24+ 129 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 134×

1 Ki 1:11 1 Ki 1:13 1 Ki 1:17 1 Ki 1:25 1 Ki 1:30 1 Ki 1:42 1 Ki 2:7 1 Ki 2:9 1 Ki 2:15 1 Ki 2:17 1 Ki 2:20 1 Ki 2:22 1 Ki 2:23 1 Ki 2:24 1 Ki 2:26 1 Ki 2:29 1 Ki 2:37 1 Ki 2:41 1 Ki 2:42 1 Ki 3:2 1 Ki 3:4 1 Ki 3:9 1 Ki 3:10 1 Ki 3:22 1 Ki 3:23+ 109 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 96×

2 Ki 1:4 2 Ki 1:17 2 Ki 2:2 2 Ki 2:3 2 Ki 2:4 2 Ki 2:5 2 Ki 2:6 2 Ki 3:10 2 Ki 3:13 2 Ki 3:17 2 Ki 3:21 2 Ki 3:26 2 Ki 4:1 2 Ki 4:9 2 Ki 4:27 2 Ki 4:29 2 Ki 4:39 2 Ki 4:43 2 Ki 5:1 2 Ki 5:7 2 Ki 5:8 2 Ki 5:13 2 Ki 5:15 2 Ki 5:17 2 Ki 5:20+ 71 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 102×

1 Chr 1:19 1 Chr 2:34 1 Chr 4:9 1 Chr 4:14 1 Chr 4:40 1 Chr 4:41 1 Chr 5:1 1 Chr 5:2 1 Chr 5:9 1 Chr 5:20 1 Chr 5:22 1 Chr 6:54 1 Chr 7:4 1 Chr 7:21 1 Chr 7:23 1 Chr 9:26 1 Chr 9:27 1 Chr 9:28 1 Chr 9:33 1 Chr 10:5 1 Chr 10:7 1 Chr 11:19 1 Chr 12:18 1 Chr 12:19 1 Chr 12:21+ 77 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 179×

2 Chr 1:3 2 Chr 1:4 2 Chr 1:9 2 Chr 1:10 2 Chr 2:5 2 Chr 2:6 2 Chr 2:8 2 Chr 2:9 2 Chr 4:18 2 Chr 5:11 2 Chr 5:13 2 Chr 5:14 2 Chr 6:8 2 Chr 6:9 2 Chr 6:13 2 Chr 6:18 2 Chr 6:24 2 Chr 6:26 2 Chr 6:27 2 Chr 6:28 2 Chr 6:30 2 Chr 6:33 2 Chr 6:34 2 Chr 6:36 2 Chr 7:2+ 154 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 22×

Ezra 3:3 Ezra 3:11 Ezra 3:13 Ezra 4:1 Ezra 4:2 Ezra 4:3 Ezra 6:22 Ezra 7:10 Ezra 8:22 Ezra 9:2 Ezra 9:6 Ezra 9:9 Ezra 9:10 Ezra 9:13 Ezra 9:15 Ezra 10:1 Ezra 10:4 Ezra 10:6 Ezra 10:13+ 3 more in Ezra

Nehemiah — 40×

Nehemiah 2:2 Nehemiah 2:12 Nehemiah 4:1 Nehemiah 4:4 Nehemiah 4:5 Nehemiah 4:7 Nehemiah 4:15 Nehemiah 5:18 Nehemiah 6:1 Nehemiah 6:8 Nehemiah 6:9 Nehemiah 6:10 Nehemiah 6:12 Nehemiah 6:16 Nehemiah 6:18 Nehemiah 7:2 Nehemiah 8:5 Nehemiah 8:9 Nehemiah 8:10 Nehemiah 8:11 Nehemiah 8:12 Nehemiah 8:17 Nehemiah 9:8 Nehemiah 9:10 Nehemiah 9:18+ 15 more in Nehemiah

Esther — 32×

Esther 1:11 Esther 1:13 Esther 1:16 Esther 1:17 Esther 1:20 Esther 2:7 Esther 2:10 Esther 2:12 Esther 2:14 Esther 2:15 Esther 3:2 Esther 3:4 Esther 3:5 Esther 3:6 Esther 4:2 Esther 4:14 Esther 5:12 Esther 6:13 Esther 7:4 Esther 7:7 Esther 8:1 Esther 8:6 Esther 8:8 Esther 8:17 Esther 9:2+ 7 more in Esther

Job — 181×

Job 1:5 Job 1:8 Job 2:3 Job 2:13 Job 3:10 Job 3:12 Job 3:13 Job 3:22 Job 3:24 Job 3:25 Job 4:5 Job 5:2 Job 5:6 Job 5:7 Job 5:18 Job 5:21 Job 5:23 Job 5:24 Job 5:25 Job 6:3 Job 6:4 Job 6:10 Job 6:11 Job 6:20 Job 6:21+ 156 more in Job

Psalms — 431×

Psalms 1:2 Psalms 1:4 Psalms 1:6 Psalms 2:12 Psalms 3:5 Psalms 3:7 Psalms 4:3 Psalms 4:8 Psalms 5:2 Psalms 5:4 Psalms 5:9 Psalms 5:10 Psalms 5:12 Psalms 6:2 Psalms 6:5 Psalms 6:8 Psalms 8:3 Psalms 8:4 Psalms 9:4 Psalms 9:10 Psalms 9:12 Psalms 9:18 Psalms 10:3 Psalms 10:14 Psalms 11:2+ 406 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 100×

Proverbs 1:9 Proverbs 1:16 Proverbs 1:17 Proverbs 1:29 Proverbs 1:32 Proverbs 2:3 Proverbs 2:6 Proverbs 2:10 Proverbs 2:18 Proverbs 2:21 Proverbs 3:2 Proverbs 3:12 Proverbs 3:14 Proverbs 3:25 Proverbs 3:26 Proverbs 3:32 Proverbs 4:2 Proverbs 4:3 Proverbs 4:8 Proverbs 4:13 Proverbs 4:16 Proverbs 4:17 Proverbs 4:22 Proverbs 4:23 Proverbs 5:3+ 75 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 84×

Eccles 1:18 Eccles 2:10 Eccles 2:12 Eccles 2:16 Eccles 2:17 Eccles 2:21 Eccles 2:22 Eccles 2:23 Eccles 2:24 Eccles 2:25 Eccles 2:26 Eccles 3:12 Eccles 3:14 Eccles 3:17 Eccles 3:19 Eccles 3:22 Eccles 4:4 Eccles 4:10 Eccles 4:14 Eccles 4:16 Eccles 5:1 Eccles 5:2 Eccles 5:3 Eccles 5:4 Eccles 5:6+ 59 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 5×

Song 1:2 Song 2:5 Song 2:11 Song 2:14 Song 8:6

Isaiah — 316×

Isaiah 1:2 Isaiah 1:12 Isaiah 1:15 Isaiah 1:20 Isaiah 1:29 Isaiah 1:30 Isaiah 2:3 Isaiah 2:6 Isaiah 2:12 Isaiah 2:22 Isaiah 3:1 Isaiah 3:8 Isaiah 3:9 Isaiah 3:10 Isaiah 3:11 Isaiah 3:16 Isaiah 4:5 Isaiah 5:7 Isaiah 5:10 Isaiah 5:24 Isaiah 6:5 Isaiah 7:5 Isaiah 7:8 Isaiah 7:9 Isaiah 7:13+ 291 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 420×

Jeremiah 1:6 Jeremiah 1:7 Jeremiah 1:8 Jeremiah 1:12 Jeremiah 1:15 Jeremiah 1:19 Jeremiah 2:5 Jeremiah 2:13 Jeremiah 2:19 Jeremiah 2:20 Jeremiah 2:22 Jeremiah 2:25 Jeremiah 2:26 Jeremiah 2:28 Jeremiah 2:34 Jeremiah 2:35 Jeremiah 2:37 Jeremiah 3:8 Jeremiah 3:10 Jeremiah 3:12 Jeremiah 3:13 Jeremiah 3:14 Jeremiah 3:16 Jeremiah 3:21 Jeremiah 3:22+ 395 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 28×

Lam 1:5 Lam 1:8 Lam 1:9 Lam 1:10 Lam 1:11 Lam 1:16 Lam 1:18 Lam 1:19 Lam 1:20 Lam 1:21 Lam 1:22 Lam 2:13 Lam 3:8 Lam 3:22 Lam 3:27 Lam 3:28 Lam 3:31 Lam 3:32 Lam 3:33 Lam 4:3 Lam 4:12 Lam 4:15 Lam 4:18 Lam 5:16 Lam 5:22+ 3 more in Lamentations

Ezekiel — 195×

Ezekiel 1:20 Ezekiel 1:21 Ezekiel 2:5 Ezekiel 2:6 Ezekiel 2:7 Ezekiel 3:5 Ezekiel 3:7 Ezekiel 3:9 Ezekiel 3:19 Ezekiel 3:20 Ezekiel 3:21 Ezekiel 3:26 Ezekiel 3:27 Ezekiel 5:6 Ezekiel 5:13 Ezekiel 6:7 Ezekiel 6:10 Ezekiel 6:13 Ezekiel 6:14 Ezekiel 7:4 Ezekiel 7:9 Ezekiel 7:12 Ezekiel 7:13 Ezekiel 7:14 Ezekiel 7:19+ 170 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 23×

Daniel 8:17 Daniel 8:19 Daniel 8:26 Daniel 9:9 Daniel 9:11 Daniel 9:14 Daniel 9:16 Daniel 9:18 Daniel 9:19 Daniel 9:23 Daniel 10:11 Daniel 10:12 Daniel 10:14 Daniel 10:19 Daniel 10:21 Daniel 11:4 Daniel 11:27 Daniel 11:35 Daniel 11:36 Daniel 11:37 Daniel 12:7 Daniel 12:9+ 1 more in Daniel

Hosea — 69×

Hosea 1:2 Hosea 1:4 Hosea 1:6 Hosea 1:9 Hosea 1:11 Hosea 2:2 Hosea 2:4 Hosea 2:5 Hosea 2:7 Hosea 2:8 Hosea 3:4 Hosea 4:1 Hosea 4:6 Hosea 4:10 Hosea 4:12 Hosea 4:13 Hosea 4:14 Hosea 4:16 Hosea 5:1 Hosea 5:3 Hosea 5:4 Hosea 5:7 Hosea 5:11 Hosea 5:14 Hosea 6:1+ 44 more in Hosea

Joel — 31×

Joel 1:5 Joel 1:6 Joel 1:10 Joel 1:11 Joel 1:12 Joel 1:13 Joel 1:15 Joel 1:17 Joel 1:18 Joel 1:19 Joel 1:20 Joel 2:1 Joel 2:11 Joel 2:13 Joel 2:20 Joel 2:21 Joel 2:22 Joel 2:23 Joel 2:27 Joel 2:32 Joel 3:1 Joel 3:8 Joel 3:12 Joel 3:13 Joel 3:14+ 6 more in Joel

Amos — 25×

Amos 3:7 Amos 4:2 Amos 4:5 Amos 4:12 Amos 4:13 Amos 5:3 Amos 5:4 Amos 5:5 Amos 5:12 Amos 5:13 Amos 5:17 Amos 5:22 Amos 6:10 Amos 6:11 Amos 6:12 Amos 6:14 Amos 7:2 Amos 7:5 Amos 7:11 Amos 7:13 Amos 7:14 Amos 8:11 Amos 9:8 Amos 9:9+ 1 more in Amos

Obadiah — 3×

Obadiah 1:15 Obadiah 1:16 Obadiah 1:18

Jonah — 12×

Jonah 1:2 Jonah 1:10 Jonah 1:11 Jonah 1:12 Jonah 1:13 Jonah 1:14 Jonah 3:10 Jonah 4:2 Jonah 4:3+ 3 more in Jonah

Micah — 32×

Micah 1:3 Micah 1:7 Micah 1:9 Micah 1:12 Micah 1:13 Micah 1:16 Micah 2:1 Micah 2:3 Micah 2:10 Micah 3:7 Micah 4:2 Micah 4:4 Micah 4:5 Micah 4:9 Micah 4:10 Micah 4:12 Micah 4:13 Micah 5:4 Micah 5:5 Micah 5:6 Micah 6:2 Micah 6:4 Micah 6:8 Micah 7:1 Micah 7:6+ 7 more in Micah

Nahum — 6×

Nahum 1:10 Nahum 1:14 Nahum 1:15 Nahum 2:2 Nahum 3:19+ 1 more in Nahum

Habakkuk — 16×

Habakkuk 1:4 Habakkuk 1:5 Habakkuk 1:6 Habakkuk 1:16 Habakkuk 2:3 Habakkuk 2:5 Habakkuk 2:8 Habakkuk 2:11 Habakkuk 2:14 Habakkuk 2:17 Habakkuk 2:18 Habakkuk 3:8 Habakkuk 3:17+ 3 more in Habakkuk

Zephaniah — 17×

Zeph 1:7 Zeph 1:11 Zeph 1:17 Zeph 1:18 Zeph 2:4 Zeph 2:7 Zeph 2:9 Zeph 2:10 Zeph 2:11 Zeph 2:14 Zeph 3:8 Zeph 3:9 Zeph 3:11 Zeph 3:13 Zeph 3:20+ 2 more in Zephaniah

Haggai — 3×

Haggai 2:4 Haggai 2:6 Haggai 2:23

Zechariah — 47×

Zech 2:6 Zech 2:8 Zech 2:9 Zech 2:10 Zech 2:11 Zech 2:13 Zech 3:8 Zech 4:6 Zech 4:9 Zech 4:10 Zech 5:3 Zech 6:15 Zech 7:5 Zech 7:6 Zech 8:6 Zech 8:10 Zech 8:12 Zech 8:14 Zech 8:17 Zech 8:23 Zech 9:1 Zech 9:2 Zech 9:5 Zech 9:8 Zech 9:13+ 22 more in Zechariah

Malachi — 21×

Malachi 1:4 Malachi 1:8 Malachi 1:11 Malachi 1:14 Malachi 2:2 Malachi 2:4 Malachi 2:7 Malachi 2:11 Malachi 2:14 Malachi 2:16 Malachi 3:2 Malachi 3:6 Malachi 3:8 Malachi 3:12 Malachi 3:14 Malachi 4:1 Malachi 4:3+ 4 more in Malachi

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