יָכֹל

ya.khol · be able

Hebrew · Strong's H3201 · Verb · Sounds like: yaw-kole' · 194 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might); be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
יָכֹל, יָכוֹל 193 vb. be able, have power, prevail, endure
Qal
1. be able, to do a thing,, whether ability be physical, moral, constitutional, or dependent on external authority
2. prevail
3. abs. have ability, strength, only neg.

Every occurrence

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:8 יוּכַ֥ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  2. Ecclesiastes 1:15 יוּכַ֣ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

  3. Ecclesiastes 1:15 יוּכַ֥ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

  4. Ecclesiastes 6:10 יוּכַ֣ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

  5. Ecclesiastes 7:13 יוּכַל֙ yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

  6. Ecclesiastes 8:17 יוּכַ֜ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  7. Ecclesiastes 8:17 יוּכַ֖ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

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