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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. Lamentations 4:14 יֽוּכְל֔וּ yu.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

  2. Ezekiel 7:19 יוּכַ֣ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  3. Ezekiel 33:12 יוּכַ֛ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.

  4. Ezekiel 47:5 אוּכַ֖ל 'u.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.

  5. Daniel 7:21 וְיָכְלָ֖ה ve.ya.khe.Lah · An -ing word: simple action

    I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

  6. Daniel 10:17 יוּכַ֗ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.

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

    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

  8. Hosea 8:5 יוּכְל֖וּ yu.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

  9. Hosea 12:4 וַיֻּכָ֔ל vai.yu.Khal · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

  10. Amos 7:10 תוּכַ֣ל tu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

  11. Obadiah 1:7 יָכְל֥וּ ya.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.

  12. Jonah 1:13 יָכֹ֑לוּ ya.Kho.lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

  13. Habakkuk 1:13 תוּכָ֑ל tu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

  14. Zephaniah 1:18 יוּכַ֣ל yu.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.

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