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. Jeremiah 1:19 י֣וּכְלוּ Yu.khe.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.

  2. Jeremiah 3:5 וַתּוּכָֽל׃ פ va.tu.Khal · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by you

    Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.

  3. Jeremiah 5:22 יוּכָ֔לוּ yu.Kha.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

  4. Jeremiah 6:10 יוּכְל֖וּ yu.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

  5. Jeremiah 11:11 יוּכְל֖וּ yu.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.

  6. Jeremiah 13:23 תּוּכְל֣וּ tu.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

  7. Jeremiah 14:9 יוּכַ֣ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

  8. Jeremiah 15:20 י֣וּכְלוּ Yu.khe.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

  9. Jeremiah 18:6 אוּכַ֨ל 'u.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

  10. Jeremiah 19:11 יוּכַ֥ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.

  11. Jeremiah 20:7 וַתּוּכָ֑ל va.tu.Khal · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by you

    O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.

  12. Jeremiah 20:9 אוּכָֽל׃ 'u.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.

  13. Jeremiah 20:10 וְנ֣וּכְלָה ve.Nu.khe.lah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  14. Jeremiah 20:11 יֻכָ֑לוּ yu.Kha.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one and a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

  15. Jeremiah 36:5 אוּכַ֔ל 'u.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:

  16. Jeremiah 38:5 יוּכַ֥ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.

  17. Jeremiah 38:22 וְיָכְל֤וּ ve.ya.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee: now that thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.

  18. Jeremiah 44:22 יוּכַל֩ yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

  19. Jeremiah 49:10 יוּכָ֑ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.

  20. Jeremiah 49:23 יוּכָֽל׃ yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

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