Be able
יָכֹלStrong’s H3201yakhol (ya-khol)
Appears in 183 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yakhol is the Aramaic word usually translated “were able”, “able” and “am able”. It appears in 183 verses of the Old Testament.
“I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;”
Meaning
- To prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able(Qal)
How it's translated
- they were able 28
- you will be able 19
- 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
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 21
- Jeremiah 20
- Deuteronomy 16
- Exodus 13
- Isaiah 12
- Numbers 11
32 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 10:17In contextFor 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 is there breath left in me.
- Genesis 13:6And 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 13:16And 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 15:5And 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 19:19Behold 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 19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
All 183 verses, by book
- Genesis 21
- 13:613:1615:519:1919:2224:5029:830:831:3532:2532:2834:1436:737:443:3244:144:2244:2645:145:348:10
- Ruth 1
- 4:6
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 21:30
- Ezra 1
- 2:59
- Proverbs 1
- 30:21
- Song of Solomon 1
- 8:7
- Jeremiah 20
- 1:193:55:226:1011:1113:2314:915:2018:619:1120:720:920:1020:1136:538:538:2244:2249:1049:23
- Amos 1
- 7:10
- Obadiah 1
- 1:7
- Jonah 1
- 1:13
- Habakkuk 1
- 1:13
- Zephaniah 1
- 1:18
Aramaic dictionary
יָכֹל yakhol · be able
1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able 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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “able” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ABLE, adjective
a'bl. [Latin habitis]
- Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental; as a man able to perform military service - a child is not able to reason on abstract subjects.
- Having strong or unusual powers of mind, or intellectual qualifications; as an able minister.
- Having large or competent property; or simply have property, or means.“Every man shall give as he is able” Deuteronomy 16:17
- Having competent strength or fortitude.
All definitions
- Having sufficient knowledge or skill.
- Having competent moral power or qualifications.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.