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Word Study · Strong's H3201 · Hebrew

יָכֹל

yakol

yaw-kole'

Strong's 1890 spelling: yâkôl

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

Rendered in the KJV as

be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.

  • 194
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 32 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 106
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 194 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 106

  • יוּכַ֣ל9
  • אוּכַ֖ל8
  • אוּכַל֙7
  • יוּכַ֥ל7
  • יוּכַ֖ל5
  • תוּכַ֖ל5
  • אוּכַ֥ל4
  • יוּכַל֙4
  • יוּכְל֖וּ4
  • יָכֹ֣ל4
  • יָכְל֖וּ4
  • נוּכַ֖ל4

and 94 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 56

  • they were able27
  • you will be able19
  • I am able17
  • he was able12
  • he will be able12
  • I will be able8
  • it is able7
  • we are able7
  • he is able6
  • is he able6
  • it will be able5
  • they will prevail5

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 25

  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular39
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular33
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural31
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular22
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural14
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular12
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common plural11
  • Hc/Vqw2ms3
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural3
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular3
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular3
  • question particle + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVqi3ms · 39
  • HVqi1cs · 33
  • HVqp3cp · 31
  • HVqi2ms · 22
  • HVqi3mp · 14
  • HVqp3ms · 12
  • HVqi1cp · 11
  • Hc/Vqw2ms · 3
  • HVqi2mp · 3
  • HVqi3fs · 3
  • HVqp1cs · 3
  • HTi/Vqaa · 2

All 194, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis22 occurrences
Exodus13 occurrences
Numbers13 occurrences
Deuteronomy16 occurrences
Joshua6 occurrences
Judges7 occurrences
Ruth2 occurrences
1 Samuel9 occurrences
2 Samuel3 occurrences
1 Kings9 occurrences
2 Kings5 occurrences
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles11 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
Nehemiah3 occurrences
Esther3 occurrences
Job4 occurrences
Psalms10 occurrences
Proverbs1 occurrence
Ecclesiastes7 occurrences
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Isaiah12 occurrences
Jeremiah20 occurrences
Lamentations2 occurrences
Ezekiel3 occurrences
Daniel2 occurrences
Hosea3 occurrences
Amos1 occurrence
Obadiah1 occurrence
Jonah1 occurrence
Habakkuk1 occurrence
Zephaniah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).