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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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.
Read in context →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.
Read in context →21 occurrences in 21 verses.
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yâkôl · yaw-kole'
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
Strong's KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Strong's first: Genesis 15:5Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:18
Open full H3201 profile →dýnamai · doo'-nam-ahee
to be able or possible
Strong's KJV usage: :--be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
Strong's first: Matthew 3:9Strong's last: Revelation 15:8
Open full G1410 profile →dynatós · doo-nat-os'
powerful or capable (literally or figuratively); neuter possible
Strong's KJV usage: :--able, could, (that is) mighty (man), possible, power, strong.
Strong's first: Luke 14:31Strong's last: James 3:2
Open full G1415 profile →ischýō · is-khoo'-o
to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be able, avail, can do(-not), could, be good, might, prevail, be of strength, be whole, + much work.
Strong's first: Luke 13:24Strong's last: Acts 15:10
Open full G2480 profile →chayil · khah'-yil
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).
Strong's first: Exodus 18:21Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 26:8
Open full H2428 profile →yᵉkêl · yek-ale'
Strong's KJV usage: be able, can, couldest, prevail.
Strong's first: Daniel 3:17Strong's last: Daniel 6:20
Open full H3202 profile →day · dahee
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.
Strong's first: Leviticus 5:7Strong's last: Leviticus 25:28
Open full H1767 profile →yâd · yawd
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.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 46:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:11
Open full H3027 profile →kᵉhal · keh-hal'
to be able
Strong's KJV usage: be able, could.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:26Strong's last: Daniel 4:18
Open full H3546 profile →kôach · ko'-akh
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.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 29:14Strong's last: Ezra 10:13
Open full H3581 profile →ʻâtsâr · aw-tsar'
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).
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 2:6Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 20:37
Open full H6113 profile →exischýō · ex-is-khoo'-o
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
Open full G1840 profile →epoikodoméō · ep-oy-kod-om-eh'-o
to build upon, i.e. (figuratively) to rear up
Strong's KJV usage: :--build thereon (thereupon, on, upon).
Strong's first: Acts 20:32Strong's last: Acts 20:32
Open full G2026 profile →poiéō · poy-eh'-o
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.
Strong's first: 2 Peter 1:15Strong's last: 2 Peter 1:15
Open full G4160 profile →mattânâh · mat-taw-naw'
a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
Strong's KJV usage: gift.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 16:17Strong's last: Deuteronomy 16:17
Open full H4979 profile →nâsag · naw-sag'
to reach (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, × surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).
Strong's first: Leviticus 25:49Strong's last: Leviticus 25:49
Open full H5381 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom.
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
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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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