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Hebrew verb · H3201

יָכֹל

yakolyaw-kole'

be able

194 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: yâkôl

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3201is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 32 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 106
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3201

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

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

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

yakol is rendered "be able". It stands 194 times in the Hebrew text, across thirty-two books.

  • Twenty-two of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 13:6But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
  • The Greek text spells it 106 different ways.

The first use

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

Genesis 13:6יָֽכְל֖וּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • they were able28
  • 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 are able5

and 42 more, 194 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 194, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

106 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

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

and 94 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular39HVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular33HVqi1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural31HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular22HVqi2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural14HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular12HVqp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common plural11HVqi1cp
  • Hc/Vqw2ms3Hc/Vqw2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural3HVqi2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3HVqi3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular3HVqp1cs
  • question particle + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute2HTi/Vqaa

Genesis

twenty-two uses
  • But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

    Genesis 13:6

    • יָֽכְל֖וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

    Genesis 13:16

    • יוּכַ֣לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
  • And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

    Genesis 15:5

    • תּוּכַ֖לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are able
  • Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

    Genesis 19:19

    • אוּכַל֙ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

    Genesis 19:22

    • אוּכַל֙ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be able
  • Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

    Genesis 24:50

    • נוּכַ֛לnukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we are able
  • But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

    Genesis 29:8

    • נוּכַל֒nukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we are able
  • Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

    Genesis 30:8

    • יָכֹ֑לְתִּיyakholetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have prevailed
  • Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.

    Genesis 31:35

    • אוּכַל֙ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

    Genesis 32:25

    • יָכֹל֙yakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he prevailed
  • Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

    Genesis 32:28

    • וַתּוּכָֽל׃vatukhalHc/Vqw2mstagged: and you have prevailed
  • “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

    Genesis 34:14

    • נוּכַל֙nukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we are able
  • For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.

    Genesis 36:7

    • יָֽכְלָ֜הyakhelahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was able
  • When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

    Genesis 37:4

    • יָכְל֖וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.

    Genesis 43:32

    • יוּכְל֜וּןyukhelunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they were able
  • Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

    Genesis 44:1

    • יוּכְל֖וּןyukhelunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they are able
  • So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

    Genesis 44:22

    • יוּכַ֥לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
  • But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’

    Genesis 44:26

    • נוּכַ֖לnukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we are able
    • נוּכַ֗לnukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will be able
  • Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

    Genesis 45:1

    • יָכֹ֨לyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able
  • Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.

    Genesis 45:3

    • יָכְל֤וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

    Genesis 48:10

    • יוּכַ֖לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able

Exodus

thirteen uses
  • But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

    Exodus 2:3

    • יָכְלָ֣הyakhelahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she was able
  • The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.

    Exodus 7:21

    • יָכְל֣וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

    Exodus 7:24

    • יָֽכְלוּ֙yakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

    Exodus 8:18

    • יָכֹ֑לוּyakholuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

    Exodus 9:11

    • יָכְל֣וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.

    Exodus 10:5

    • יוּכַ֖לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anyone will be able
  • Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.

    Exodus 12:39

    • יָֽכְלוּ֙yakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had been able
  • And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

    Exodus 15:23

    • יָֽכְל֗וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.

    Exodus 18:18

    • תוּכַ֥לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are able
  • If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”

    Exodus 18:23

    • וְיָֽכָלְתָּ֖veyakhaltaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will be able
  • But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

    Exodus 19:23

    • יוּכַ֣לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is able
  • But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

    Exodus 33:20

    • תוּכַ֖לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

    Exodus 40:35

    • יָכֹ֣לyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able

Numbers

thirteen uses
  • But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

    Numbers 9:6

    • יָכְל֥וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.

    Numbers 11:14

    • אוּכַ֤לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”

    Numbers 13:30

    • יָכ֥וֹלyakholverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to prevail
    • נוּכַ֖לnukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will prevail
  • But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”

    Numbers 13:31

    • נוּכַ֖לnukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we are able
  • ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

    Numbers 14:16

    • יְכֹ֣לֶתyekholetverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: was able
  • So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”

    Numbers 22:6

    • אוּכַל֙ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be able
  • ‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”

    Numbers 22:11

    • אוּכַ֛לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be able
  • But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

    Numbers 22:18

    • אוּכַ֗לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be able
  • And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?”

    Numbers 22:37

    • אוּכַ֖לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: am I able
  • “See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”

    Numbers 22:38

    • הֲיָכ֥וֹלhayakholquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: ¿ certainly to able
    • אוּכַ֖לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: am I able
  • that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.

    Numbers 24:13

    • אוּכַ֗לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be able

Deuteronomy

sixteen uses
  • At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.

    Deuteronomy 1:9

    • אוּכַ֥לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”

    Deuteronomy 7:17

    • אוּכַ֖לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I be able
  • The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.

    Deuteronomy 7:22

    • תוּכַל֙tukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’

    Deuteronomy 9:28

    • יְכֹ֣לֶתyekholetverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: was able
  • Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.

    Deuteronomy 12:17

    • תוּכַ֞לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,

    Deuteronomy 14:24

    • תוּכַ֘לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.

    Deuteronomy 16:5

    • תוּכַ֖לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

    Deuteronomy 17:15

    • תוּכַ֗לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.

    Deuteronomy 21:16

    • יוּכַ֗לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
  • And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

    Deuteronomy 22:3

    • תוּכַ֖לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

    Deuteronomy 22:19

    • יוּכַ֥לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
  • then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

    Deuteronomy 22:29

    • יוּכַ֥לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
  • then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

    Deuteronomy 24:4

    • יוּכַ֣לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
  • The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.

    Deuteronomy 28:27

    • תוּכַ֖לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

    Deuteronomy 28:35

    • תוּכַ֖לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’

    Deuteronomy 31:2

    • אוּכַ֥לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able

Joshua

six uses
  • This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.

    Joshua 7:12

    • יֻכְל֜וּyukhluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are able
  • Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.

    Joshua 7:13

    • תוּכַ֗לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

    Joshua 9:19

    • נוּכַ֖לnukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we are able
  • But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

    Joshua 15:63

    • יָכְל֥וּyukheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

    Joshua 17:12

    • יָכְלוּ֙yakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

    Joshua 24:19

    • תֽוּכְלוּ֙tukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be able

Judges

seven uses
  • Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

    Judges 2:14

    • יָכְל֣וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

    Judges 8:3

    • יָּכֹ֖לְתִּיyakholetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: have I been able
  • As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”

    Judges 11:35

    • אוּכַ֖לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • But if you cannot solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”

    Judges 14:13

    • תוּכְלוּ֮tukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be able
  • So he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.

    Judges 14:14

    • יָכְל֛וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

    Judges 16:5

    • נ֣וּכַלnukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: will we prevail
  • But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

    Judges 21:18

    • נוּכַ֛לnukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we are able

Ruth

two uses
  • The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”

    Ruth 4:6

    • אוּכַל֙ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
    • אוּכַ֖לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able

1 Samuel

nine uses
  • And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

    1 Samuel 3:2

    • יוּכַ֖לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able
  • Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.

    1 Samuel 4:15

    • יָכ֖וֹלyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able
  • The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”

    1 Samuel 6:20

    • יוּכַ֣לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: is he able
  • If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”

    1 Samuel 17:9

    • יוּכַ֞לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
    • אֽוּכַל־ʾukhal-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will prevail
  • But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

    1 Samuel 17:33

    • תוּכַל֙tukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.

    1 Samuel 17:39

    • אוּכַ֛לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be able
  • Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.

    1 Samuel 26:25

    • יָכֹ֣לyakholverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to prevail
    • תּוּכָ֑לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will prevail

2 Samuel

three uses
  • And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

    2 Samuel 3:11

    • יָכֹ֣לyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able
  • But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

    2 Samuel 12:23

    • הַאוּכַ֥לhaukhalquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: ¿ am I able
  • Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.

    2 Samuel 17:17

    • יוּכְל֛וּyukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they were able

1 Kings

nine uses
  • Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

    1 Kings 3:9

    • יוּכַל֙yukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: is he able
  • “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.

    1 Kings 5:3

    • יָכֹל֙yakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able
  • so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

    1 Kings 8:11

    • יָכְל֧וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

    1 Kings 9:21

    • יָכְל֛וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.

    1 Kings 13:4

    • יָכֹ֖לyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able
  • But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

    1 Kings 13:16

    • אוּכַ֛לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

    1 Kings 14:4

    • יָכֹ֣לyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able
  • So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.

    1 Kings 20:9

    • אוּכַ֖לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

    1 Kings 22:22

    • תּוּכָ֔לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will prevail

2 Kings

five uses
  • When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.

    2 Kings 3:26

    • יָכֹֽלוּ׃yakholuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.

    2 Kings 4:40

    • יָכְל֖וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

    2 Kings 16:5

    • יָכְל֖וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

    2 Kings 18:23

    • תּוּכַ֕לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.

    2 Kings 18:29

    • יוּכַ֔לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able

1 Chronicles

one use
  • but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 21:30

    • יָכֹ֥לyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able

2 Chronicles

eleven uses
  • so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

    2 Chronicles 5:14

    • יָֽכְל֧וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

    2 Chronicles 7:2

    • יָֽכְלוּ֙yakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not contain all these offerings.

    2 Chronicles 7:7

    • יָכ֗וֹלyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was able
  • And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

    2 Chronicles 18:21

    • תּוּכָ֔לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will prevail
  • However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had been consecrated. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

    2 Chronicles 29:34

    • יָֽכְל֔וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 30:3

    • יָכְל֛וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had been able
  • Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?

    2 Chronicles 32:13

    • הֲיָכ֣וֹלhayakholquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: ¿ really to be able
    • יָֽכְל֗וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: were they able
  • Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?

    2 Chronicles 32:14

    • יָכ֔וֹלyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was able
    • יוּכַל֙yukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
  • So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”

    2 Chronicles 32:15

    • יוּכַ֗לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been able

Ezra

one use
  • The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

    Ezra 2:59

    • יָֽכְל֗וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able

Nehemiah

three uses
  • Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

    Nehemiah 4:10

    • נוּכַ֔לnukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will be able
  • So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

    Nehemiah 6:3

    • אוּכַ֖לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

    Nehemiah 7:61

    • יָכְל֗וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able

Esther

three uses
  • Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

    Esther 6:13

    • תוּכַ֣לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will prevail
  • For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

    Esther 8:6

    • אוּכַל֙ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I be able
    • אוּכַל֙ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I be able

Job

four uses
  • “If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

    Job 4:2

    • יוּכָֽל׃yukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: is he able
  • For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

    Job 31:23

    • אוּכָֽל׃ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

    Job 33:5

    • תּוּכַ֥לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

    Job 42:2

    • תּוּכָ֑לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are able

Psalms

ten uses
  • lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

    Psalms 13:4

    • יְכָלְתִּ֑יוyekhaltivverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I have prevailed over him
  • I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

    Psalms 18:38

    • יֻ֣כְלוּyukhluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they were able
  • Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

    Psalms 21:11

    • יוּכָֽלוּ׃yukhaluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will succeed
  • There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.

    Psalms 36:12

    • יָ֥כְלוּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able
  • For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

    Psalms 40:12

    • יָכֹ֣לְתִּיyakholetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

    Psalms 78:19

    • הֲי֣וּכַלhayukhalquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ is he able
  • When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

    Psalms 78:20

    • י֣וּכַלyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: is he able
  • Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

    Psalms 101:5

    • אוּכָֽל׃ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be able
  • many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

    Psalms 129:2

    • יָ֥כְלוּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have prevailed
  • Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

    Psalms 139:6

    • א֥וּכַֽלʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able

Proverbs

one use
  • Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

    Proverbs 30:21

    • תוּכַ֥לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is able

Ecclesiastes

seven uses
  • All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

    Ecclesiastes 1:8

    • יוּכַ֥לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is able
  • What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

    Ecclesiastes 1:15

    • יוּכַ֣לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is able
    • יוּכַ֥לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is able
  • Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

    Ecclesiastes 6:10

    • יוּכַ֣לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is able
  • Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

    Ecclesiastes 7:13

    • יוּכַל֙yukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: is he able
  • I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

    Ecclesiastes 8:17

    • יוּכַ֜לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is able
    • יוּכַ֖לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.

    Song of Solomon 8:7

    • יֽוּכְלוּ֙yukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are able

Isaiah

twelve uses
  • Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

    Isaiah 1:13

    • אוּכַ֥לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able to endure
  • Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

    Isaiah 7:1

    • יָכֹ֖לyakholverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able
  • When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

    Isaiah 16:12

    • יוּכָֽל׃yukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will prevail
  • And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

    Isaiah 29:11

    • אוּכַ֔לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

    Isaiah 36:8

    • תּוּכַ֕לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be able
  • This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.

    Isaiah 36:14

    • יוּכַ֖לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
  • The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.

    Isaiah 46:2

    • יָכְל֖וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been able
  • But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

    Isaiah 47:11

    • תוּכְלִ֖יtukheliverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be able
  • So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

    Isaiah 47:12

    • תּוּכְלִ֥יtukheliverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be able
  • Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

    Isaiah 56:10

    • יוּכְל֖וּyukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are able
  • But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

    Isaiah 57:20

    • יוּכָ֔לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is able
  • So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

    Isaiah 59:14

    • תוּכַ֥לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is able

Jeremiah

twenty uses
  • They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 1:19

    • י֣וּכְלוּyukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will prevail
  • Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”

    Jeremiah 3:5

    • וַתּוּכָֽל׃ פvatukhalHc/Vqw2mstagged: and you were able
  • Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

    Jeremiah 5:22

    • יוּכָ֔לוּyukhaluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will prevail
  • To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

    Jeremiah 6:10

    • יוּכְל֖וּyukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are able
  • Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

    Jeremiah 11:11

    • יוּכְל֖וּyukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be able
  • Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

    Jeremiah 13:23

    • תּוּכְל֣וּtukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be able
  • Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

    Jeremiah 14:9

    • יוּכַ֣לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is able
  • Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 15:20

    • י֣וּכְלוּyukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will prevail
  • “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

    Jeremiah 18:6

    • אוּכַ֨לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: am I able
  • and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.

    Jeremiah 19:11

    • יוּכַ֥לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be able
  • You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

    Jeremiah 20:7

    • וַתּוּכָ֑לvatukhalHc/Vqw2mstagged: and you prevailed
  • If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

    Jeremiah 20:9

    • אוּכָֽל׃ʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be able
  • For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”

    Jeremiah 20:10

    • וְנ֣וּכְלָהvenukhelahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: and we will prevail
  • But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

    Jeremiah 20:11

    • יֻכָ֑לוּyukhaluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will prevail
  • Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;

    Jeremiah 36:5

    • אוּכַ֔לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

    Jeremiah 38:5

    • יוּכַ֥לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is able
  • All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’

    Jeremiah 38:22

    • וְיָכְל֤וּveyakheluconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: and they prevailed
  • So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

    Jeremiah 44:22

    • יוּכַל֩yukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was able
  • But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

    Jeremiah 49:10

    • יוּכָ֑לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be able
  • Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

    Jeremiah 49:23

    • יוּכָֽל׃yukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be able

Lamentations

two uses
  • My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

    Lamentations 1:14

    • אוּכַ֥לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am able
  • They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

    Lamentations 4:14

    • יֽוּכְל֔וּyukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people were able

Ezekiel

three uses
  • They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

    Ezekiel 7:19

    • יוּכַ֣לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be able
  • Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’

    Ezekiel 33:12

    • יוּכַ֛לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be able
  • Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.

    Ezekiel 47:5

    • אוּכַ֖לʾukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was able

Daniel

two uses
  • As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,

    Daniel 7:21

    • וְיָכְלָ֖הveyakhelahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and prevailing
  • How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no strength, nor is any breath left in me.”

    Daniel 10:17

    • יוּכַ֗לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: is he able

Hosea

three uses
  • When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

    Hosea 5:13

    • יוּכַל֙yukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is able
  • He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

    Hosea 8:5

    • יוּכְל֖וּyukheluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: will they be able
  • Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—

    Hosea 12:4

    • וַיֻּכָ֔לvaiyukhalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he prevailed

Amos

one use
  • Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,

    Amos 7:10

    • תוּכַ֣לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is able

Obadiah

one use
  • All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.

    Obadiah 1:7

    • יָכְל֥וּyakheluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will prevail

Jonah

one use
  • Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.

    Jonah 1:13

    • יָכֹ֑לוּyakholuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were able

Habakkuk

one use
  • Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

    Habakkuk 1:13

    • תוּכָ֑לtukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are able

Zephaniah

one use
  • Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

    Zephaniah 1:18

    • יוּכַ֣לyukhalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be able

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Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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