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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Able

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

160exact KJV occurrences 99Old Testament 61New Testament 42books containing the word 16mapped Strong's IDs 123occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 15:8

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where able appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 33 verses Exodus 66 verses Leviticus 99 verses Numbers 2121 verses Deuteronomy 66 verses Joshua 33 verses Judges 11 verses 1 Samuel 33 verses 1 Kings 22 verses 2 Kings 33 verses 1 Chronicles 44 verses 2 Chronicles 99 verses Ezra 11 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Job 11 verses Psalms 44 verses Proverbs 11 verses Ecclesiastes 11 verses Isaiah 44 verses Jeremiah 33 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 44 verses Daniel 65 verses Amos 11 verses Zephaniah 11 verses Matthew 97 verses Mark 11 verses Luke 88 verses John 22 verses Acts 44 verses Romans 55 verses 1 Corinthians 53 verses 2 Corinthians 33 verses Ephesians 55 verses Philippians 11 verses 2 Timothy 44 verses Titus 11 verses Hebrews 44 verses James 33 verses 2 Peter 11 verses Jude 11 verses Revelation 44 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH2428
חַיִל

chayil · khah'-yil

4 times translated as this KJV form238 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

Strong's KJV usage: able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Exodus 18:21Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 26:8

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HebrewH1767
דַּי

day · dahee

3 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences

prep

enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases

Strong's KJV usage: able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Leviticus 5:7Strong's last: Leviticus 25:28

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HebrewH3027
יָד

yâd · yawd

2 times translated as this KJV form1,573 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]

Strong's KJV usage: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ezekiel 46:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:11

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HebrewH3581
כֹּחַ

kôach · ko'-akh

2 times translated as this KJV form124 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

Strong's KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 29:14Strong's last: Ezra 10:13

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HebrewH6113
עָצָר

ʻâtsâr · aw-tsar'

2 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences

v

to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble

Strong's KJV usage: × be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 2:6Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 20:37

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GreekG1840
ἐξισχύω

exischýō · ex-is-khoo'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to have full strength, i.e. be entirely competent

Strong's KJV usage: :--be able.

Strong's first: Ephesians 3:18Strong's last: Ephesians 3:18

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GreekG4160
ποιέω

poiéō · poy-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form603 total Strong's occurrences

to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)

Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Peter 1:15Strong's last: 2 Peter 1:15

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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160 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Numbers 1:32
no direct Strong's tag

Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Numbers 1:34
no direct Strong's tag

Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Numbers 1:36
no direct Strong's tag

Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Numbers 1:38
no direct Strong's tag

Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Numbers 1:40
no direct Strong's tag

Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Numbers 1:42
no direct Strong's tag

Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Numbers 1:45
no direct Strong's tag

So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

Numbers 11:14
H3201

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

Numbers 13:30
H3201

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Numbers 13:31
H3201

But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

Numbers 14:16
H3201

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

Numbers 22:11
H3201

Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

Numbers 22:37
H3201

And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

Numbers 26:2
no direct Strong's tag

Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

Deuteronomy 1:9
H3201

And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

Deuteronomy 7:24
no direct Strong's tag

And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

Deuteronomy 9:28
H3201

Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 11:25
no direct Strong's tag

There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

Deuteronomy 14:24
H3201

And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

Deuteronomy 16:17
H4979

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

Joshua 1:5
no direct Strong's tag

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Joshua 14:12
no direct Strong's tag

Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

Joshua 23:9
no direct Strong's tag

For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

Judges 8:3
H3201

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

1 Samuel 6:20
H3201

And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

able

ABLE, adjective a'bl. [Latin habitis]

1. 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.

2. Having strong or unusual powers of mind, or intellectual qualifications; as an able minister.

Provide out of all Israel able men. Exodus 18:18.

3. Having large or competent property; or simply have property, or means.

Every man shall give as he is able Deuteronomy 16:17.

4. Having competent strength or fortitude.

He is not able to sustain such pain or affliction.

5. Having sufficient knowledge or skill.

He is able to speak French.

She is not able to play on the piano.

6. Having competent moral power or qualifications.

An illegitimate son is not able to take by inheritance.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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