H3201: יָכֹל
yâkôl · pronounced yaw-kole' · “be able”
Definition
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV translates it as: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Word origin: or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root;
Extended definition
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)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3201 is translated
- they were able ×27
- you will be able ×20
- i am able ×17
- he will be able ×12
- he was able ×12
- i will be able ×8
- we are able ×7
- it is able ×7
- is he able ×7
- he is able ×6
- they will prevail ×5
- it will be able ×5
Bible verses with H3201 (yâkôl)
Yâkôl appears in 183 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 13:6
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.
- Genesis 13:16
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 shall thy seed also be numbered.
- Genesis 15:5
And 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 19:19
Behold 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 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
- Genesis 29:8
And 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 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
- Genesis 31:35
And 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 32:25
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 out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
- Genesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
- Genesis 34:14
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
- Genesis 36:7
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
- Genesis 37:4
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
- Genesis 43:32
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- Genesis 44:1
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.
- Genesis 44:22
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
- Genesis 44:26
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.
- Genesis 45:1
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.
- Genesis 45:3
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
- Genesis 48:10
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- Exodus 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
- Exodus 7:21
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 7:24
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
- Exodus 8:18
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
All 183 references
- Exodus 9:11
- Exodus 10:5
- Exodus 12:39
- Exodus 15:23
- Exodus 18:18
- Exodus 18:23
- Exodus 19:23
- Exodus 33:20
- Exodus 40:35
- Numbers 9:6
- Numbers 11:14
- Numbers 13:30
- Numbers 13:31
- Numbers 14:16
- Numbers 22:6
- Numbers 22:11
- Numbers 22:18
- Numbers 22:37
- Numbers 22:38
- Numbers 24:13
- Deuteronomy 1:9
- Deuteronomy 7:17
- Deuteronomy 7:22
- Deuteronomy 9:28
- Deuteronomy 12:17
- Deuteronomy 14:24
- Deuteronomy 16:5
- Deuteronomy 17:15
- Deuteronomy 21:16
- Deuteronomy 22:3
- Deuteronomy 22:19
- Deuteronomy 22:29
- Deuteronomy 24:4
- Deuteronomy 28:27
- Deuteronomy 28:35
- Deuteronomy 31:2
- Joshua 7:12
- Joshua 7:13
- Joshua 9:19
- Joshua 15:63
- Joshua 17:12
- Joshua 24:19
- Judges 2:14
- Judges 8:3
- Judges 11:35
- Judges 14:13
- Judges 14:14
- Judges 16:5
- Judges 21:18
- Ruth 4:6
- 1 Samuel 3:2
- 1 Samuel 4:15
- 1 Samuel 6:20
- 1 Samuel 17:9
- 1 Samuel 17:33
- 1 Samuel 17:39
- 1 Samuel 26:25
- 2 Samuel 3:11
- 2 Samuel 12:23
- 2 Samuel 17:17
- 1 Kings 3:9
- 1 Kings 5:3
- 1 Kings 8:11
- 1 Kings 9:21
- 1 Kings 13:4
- 1 Kings 13:16
- 1 Kings 14:4
- 1 Kings 20:9
- 1 Kings 22:22
- 2 Kings 3:26
- 2 Kings 4:40
- 2 Kings 16:5
- 2 Kings 18:23
- 2 Kings 18:29
- 1 Chronicles 21:30
- 2 Chronicles 5:14
- 2 Chronicles 7:2
- 2 Chronicles 7:7
- 2 Chronicles 18:21
- 2 Chronicles 29:34
- 2 Chronicles 30:3
- 2 Chronicles 32:13
- 2 Chronicles 32:14
- 2 Chronicles 32:15
- Ezra 2:59
- Nehemiah 4:10
- Nehemiah 6:3
- Nehemiah 7:61
- Esther 6:13
- Esther 8:6
- Job 4:2
- Job 31:23
- Job 33:5
- Job 42:2
- Psalms 13:4
- Psalms 18:38
- Psalms 21:11
- Psalms 36:12
- Psalms 40:12
- Psalms 78:19
- Psalms 78:20
- Psalms 101:5
- Psalms 129:2
- Psalms 139:6
- Proverbs 30:21
- Ecclesiastes 1:8
- Ecclesiastes 1:15
- Ecclesiastes 6:10
- Ecclesiastes 7:13
- Ecclesiastes 8:17
- Song of Solomon 8:7
- Isaiah 1:13
- Isaiah 7:1
- Isaiah 16:12
- Isaiah 29:11
- Isaiah 36:8
- Isaiah 36:14
- Isaiah 46:2
- Isaiah 47:11
- Isaiah 47:12
- Isaiah 56:10
- Isaiah 57:20
- Isaiah 59:14
- Jeremiah 1:19
- Jeremiah 3:5
- Jeremiah 5:22
- Jeremiah 6:10
- Jeremiah 11:11
- Jeremiah 13:23
- Jeremiah 14:9
- Jeremiah 15:20
- Jeremiah 18:6
- Jeremiah 19:11
- Jeremiah 20:7
- Jeremiah 20:9
- Jeremiah 20:10
- Jeremiah 20:11
- Jeremiah 36:5
- Jeremiah 38:5
- Jeremiah 38:22
- Jeremiah 44:22
- Jeremiah 49:10
- Jeremiah 49:23
- Lamentations 1:14
- Lamentations 4:14
- Ezekiel 7:19
- Ezekiel 33:12
- Ezekiel 47:5
- Daniel 7:21
- Daniel 10:17
- Hosea 5:13
- Hosea 8:5
- Hosea 12:4
- Amos 7:10
- Obadiah 1:7
- Jonah 1:13
- Habakkuk 1:13
- Zephaniah 1:18