יָכֹל (ya.khol) means “be able” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yaw-kole' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יָכֹל · ya.khol · be able
1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach 1a2) to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor 1a3) to have ability, have strength Aramaic equivalent: ye.khel (יְכִל "be able" H3202)
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or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV glosses: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| could | 11 |
| can | 9 |
| prevail | 6 |
| able | 4 |
| be able | 4 |
| you can | 4 |
| i could | 3 |
| they could | 3 |
| and prevailed | 2 |
| but can | 2 |
| could i bear | 2 |
| endure | 2 |
| has been able | 2 |
| he could | 2 |
| overcome | 2 |
| overpower | 2 |
| were unable | 2 |
| you must | 2 |
| and could | 1 |
| and overcame | 1 |
| and overpower | 1 |
| and prevail | 1 |
| and prevailing | 1 |
| and you have prevailed | 1 |
| appoint | 1 |
| are able | 1 |
| be enabled | 1 |
| but could | 1 |
| but he could | 1 |
| but they could | 1 |
| but they could not prevail | 1 |
| but when she could | 1 |
| can i | 1 |
| could not | 1 |
| ever been able | 1 |
| for me to attain | 1 |
| good | 1 |
| he is able | 1 |
| i am | 1 |
| i have overcome him | 1 |
| incurable | 1 |
| is able | 1 |
| ish-bosheth did not dare | 1 |
| may | 1 |
| not | 1 |
| one can | 1 |
| one dared | 1 |
| powerless | 1 |
| prevailed | 1 |
| so that he could | 1 |
| so that we may prevail | 1 |
| so they could | 1 |
| that he could | 1 |
| that they were unable | 1 |
| then you will be able | 1 |
| they can | 1 |
| they dared | 1 |
| unable | 1 |
| was i able | 1 |
| was unable | 1 |
| we can certainly conquer | 1 |
| we can overpower | 1 |
| whom they were | 1 |
| will be able | 1 |
| will surely prevail | 1 |
| won | 1 |
| would | 1 |
| you can do | 1 |
| you will | 1 |
| you will not prevail | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| could | 15 |
| cannot | 10 |
| can | 7 |
| i cannot | 7 |
| but they could | 5 |
| i am not able | 3 |
| if thou be able | 3 |
| so that they could | 3 |
| thou mayest | 3 |
| was not able | 3 |
| we cannot | 3 |
| able | 2 |
| against thee but they shall not prevail | 2 |
| and i cannot | 2 |
| and they could | 2 |
| can i endure | 2 |
| for they could | 2 |
| he could | 2 |
| he may | 2 |
| i may | 2 |
| it cannot | 2 |
| may | 2 |
| that cannot | 2 |
| they could | 2 |
| thou art not able | 2 |
| thou canst | 2 |
| you for he shall not be able | 2 |
| against it but could | 1 |
| also can | 1 |
| also were not able | 1 |
| and also shalt still | 1 |
| and canst | 1 |
| and could | 1 |
| and hast prevailed | 1 |
| and have prevailed | 1 |
| and he could | 1 |
| and he shall not be able | 1 |
| and i could | 1 |
| and i have prevailed | 1 |
| and prevail | 1 |
| and prevailed | 1 |
| and shall not be able | 1 |
| and they cannot | 1 |
| and they shall not prevail | 1 |
| and thou shalt also prevail | 1 |
| and we shall prevail | 1 |
| and what was i able | 1 |
| and when she could | 1 |
| any ways | 1 |
| as thou couldest | 1 |
| at all | 1 |
| be able | 1 |
| but could | 1 |
| but he shall not prevail | 1 |
| but if i prevail | 1 |
| but if ye cannot | 1 |
| but who can | 1 |
| for me peradventure i shall prevail | 1 |
| for thee thou art not able | 1 |
| for they might | 1 |
| for we may | 1 |
| for who can | 1 |
| for who is able | 1 |
| her he may | 1 |
| him and could | 1 |
| howbeit we may | 1 |
| i can | 1 |
| i cannot away with | 1 |
| i could | 1 |
| i have prevailed | 1 |
| if he be able | 1 |
| if so be thou shalt be able | 1 |
| if thou canst | 1 |
| is not able | 1 |
| it for we are well able | 1 |
| likewise thou mayest | 1 |
| me them peradventure i shall be able | 1 |
| might | 1 |
| neither may | 1 |
| now therefore we may | 1 |
| over thee thou mayest | 1 |
| prevail | 1 |
| prevailed | 1 |
| shall be able | 1 |
| shall not be able | 1 |
| should be able | 1 |
| so that he could | 1 |
| so that i cannot | 1 |
| so that men could | 1 |
| so that we are not able | 1 |
| than i and hast prevailed | 1 |
| that could | 1 |
| that he could | 1 |
| that he prevailed | 1 |
| that i cannot | 1 |
| that i could | 1 |
| that one cannot be able | 1 |
| that they could | 1 |
| that thou canst do | 1 |
| them that they were not able | 1 |
| themselves yet can they not prevail | 1 |
| then thou shalt be able | 1 |
| they are not able | 1 |
| they attain | 1 |
| they can | 1 |
| they cannot | 1 |
| thither for i cannot | 1 |
| thou not unto me am i not able | 1 |
| thou shalt not prevail | 1 |
| to overcome | 1 |
| to thyself for i cannot | 1 |
| unto thee have i now any power | 1 |
| unto them we cannot | 1 |
| upon me so that i am not able | 1 |
| upon thee thou shalt not be able | 1 |
| upon them which they shall not be able | 1 |
| was able | 1 |
| we be not able | 1 |
| we may prevail | 1 |
| when it cannot | 1 |
| whereof thou canst | 1 |
| who is able | 1 |
| will not i suffer | 1 |
| ye cannot | 1 |
| yet could | 1 |
| yet shall he not be able | 1 |
| yet they have not prevailed | 1 |
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But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
Read word by wordYou are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read word by wordyou are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
Read word by wordwhen that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
Read word by wordAnd you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
Read word by wordThey are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
Read word by wordthen the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
Read word by wordthen the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Read word by wordThe LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
Read word by wordThe LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
Read word by wordhe said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
Read word by wordThis is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
Read word by wordGet up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
Read word by wordAll the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
Read word by wordBut the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
Read word by wordBut the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
Read word by wordBut Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
Read word by wordThen the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
Read word by wordGod has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
Read word by wordAs soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
Read word by wordBut if you cannot solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”
Read word by wordSo he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.
Read word by wordThe lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
Read word by wordBut we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
Read word by wordThe kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
Read word by wordAnd at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
Read word by wordNow Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
Read word by wordThe men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
Read word by wordIf he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.”
Read word by wordBut Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
Read word by wordDavid strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
Read word by wordSaul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
Read word by wordAnd for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.
Read word by wordBut now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Read word by wordNow Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
Read word by wordTherefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
Read word by word“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.17
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordtheir descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
Read word by wordNow when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
Read word by wordBut the man replied, “I cannot go home with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
Read word by wordJeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
Read word by wordSo Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.
Read word by wordAnd he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.21
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
Read word by wordAnd they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
Read word by wordThen Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
Read word by wordNow, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
Read word by wordThis is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
Read word by wordbut David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
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