Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3201
יָכֹל
ya.khol · “be able”
Used 194 times across 32 books
Definition
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)
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)
Where it appears
Genesis22
Exodus13
Numbers13
Deuteronomy16
Joshua7
Judges7
Ruth2
1 Samuel9
2 Samuel3
1 Kings9
2 Kings5
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles11
Ezra1
Nehemiah3
Esther3
Job4
Psalms10
Proverbs1
Ecclesiastes7
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah12
Jeremiah20
Lamentations2
Ezekiel3
Daniel1
Hosea3
Amos1
Obadiah1
Jonah1
Habakkuk1
Zephaniah1
In the text
Genesis 13:6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.Genesis 19:19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:Genesis 19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.Genesis 24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.Genesis 29:8And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.Genesis 30:8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.Genesis 31:35And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.Genesis 32:26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
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