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. Genesis 13:6 יָֽכְל֖וּ ya.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And 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.

  2. Genesis 13:16 יוּכַ֣ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.

  3. Genesis 15:5 תּוּכַ֖ל tu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

  4. Genesis 19:19 אוּכַל֙ 'u.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die:

  5. Genesis 19:22 אוּכַל֙ 'u.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

  6. Genesis 24:50 נוּכַ֛ל nu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

  7. Genesis 29:8 נוּכַל֒ nu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.

  8. Genesis 30:8 יָכֹ֑לְתִּי ya.Kho.le.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

  9. Genesis 31:35 אוּכַל֙ 'u.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim.

  10. Genesis 32:25 יָכֹל֙ ya.Khol · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.

  11. Genesis 32:28 וַתּוּכָֽל׃ va.tu.Khal · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by you

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

  12. Genesis 34:14 נוּכַל֙ nu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.

  13. Genesis 36:7 יָֽכְלָ֜ה ya.khe.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.

  14. Genesis 37:4 יָכְל֖וּ ya.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

  15. Genesis 43:32 יוּכְל֜וּן yu.khe.Lun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

  16. Genesis 44:1 יוּכְל֖וּן yu.khe.Lun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.

  17. Genesis 44:22 יוּכַ֥ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

  18. Genesis 44:26 נוּכַ֖ל nu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.

  19. Genesis 44:26 נוּכַ֗ל nu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.

  20. Genesis 45:1 יָכֹ֨ל ya.Khol · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

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