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 they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
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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 13:6Strong's last: Jonah 1:13
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 17:16Strong's last: Revelation 14:3
Open full G1410 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: Matthew 26:40Strong's last: Acts 25:7
Open full G2480 profile →échō · ekh'-o
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Strong's first: Mark 14:8Strong's last: Hebrews 6:13
Open full G2192 profile →heurískō · hyoo-ris'-ko
to find (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--find, get, obtain, perceive, see.
Strong's first: Luke 5:19Strong's last: Luke 19:48
Open full G2147 profile →stégō · steg'-o
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(for-)bear, suffer.
Strong's first: 1 Thessalonians 3:1Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 3:5
Open full G4722 profile →yâdaʻ · yaw-dah'
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, × could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, be learned, lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, × prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), × will be, wist, wit, wot.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 6:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 8:12
Open full H3045 profile →kᵉhal · keh-hal'
to be able
Strong's KJV usage: be able, could.
Strong's first: Daniel 5:8Strong's last: Daniel 5:15
Open full H3546 profile →atenízō · at-en-id'-zo
to gaze intently
Strong's KJV usage: :--behold earnestly (stedfastly), fasten (eyes), look (earnestly, stedfastly, up stedfastly), set eyes.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 3:13Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 3:13
Open full G816 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: Acts 11:17Strong's last: Acts 11:17
Open full G1415 profile →eídō · i'-do
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
Strong's KJV usage: :--be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot.
Strong's first: Luke 20:7Strong's last: Luke 20:7
Open full G1492 profile →emblépō · em-blep'-o
to look on, i.e. (relatively) to observe fixedly, or (absolutely) to discern clearly
Strong's KJV usage: :--behold, gaze up, look upon, (could) see.
Strong's first: Acts 22:11Strong's last: Acts 22:11
Open full G1689 profile →phérō · fer'-o
to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be, bear, bring (forth), carry, come, + let her drive, be driven, endure, go on, lay, lead, move, reach, rushing, uphold.
Strong's first: Hebrews 12:20Strong's last: Hebrews 12:20
Open full G5342 profile →chōréō · kho-reh'-o
to be in (give) space, i.e. (intransitively) to pass, enter, or (transitively) to hold, admit (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--come, contain, go, have place, (can, be room to) receive.
Strong's first: John 21:25Strong's last: John 21:25
Open full G5562 profile →yᵉkêl · yek-ale'
Strong's KJV usage: be able, can, couldest, prevail.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:4Strong's last: Daniel 6:4
Open full H3202 profile →nâkar · naw-kar'
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)
Strong's KJV usage: acknowledge, × could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).
Strong's first: Nehemiah 13:24Strong's last: Nehemiah 13:24
Open full H5234 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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And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
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COULD, pronoun COOD. [The past tense of can, according to our customary arrangement in grammar; but in reality a distinct word, can having no past tense. could we receive through the Celtic dialects.]
1. Had sufficient strength or physical power. A sick man could not lift his hand. Isaac was old and could not see. Alexander could easily conquer the effeminate Asiatics.
2. Had adequate means or instruments. The men could defray their own expenses. The country was exhausted and could not support the war.
3. Had adequate moral power. We heard the story, but could not believe it. Th intemperate man could have restrained his appetite for strong drink. He could have refrained, if we would.
My mind could not be towards this people. Jeremiah 15:1.
4. Had power or capacity b the laws of its nature. The tree could not grow for want of water.
5. Had competent legal power; had right, or had the requisite qualifications. Formerly, a citizen could not vote for officers of government without the possession of some property. AB could not be elected to the office of senator, for want of estate. BC, not being the blood of the ancestor, could not inherit his estate.
6. Had sufficient capacity. The world could not contain the books. John 21:25.
7. Was capable or susceptible, by its nature or constitution, as of some change. He found a substance that could not be fused.
8. Had adequate strength or fortitude; as, he could not endure the pain or the reproach.
9. Had motives sufficient to overcome objections. He thought at first he could not comply with the request; but after consideration he determined to comply.
10. Had competent knowledge or skill. He could solve the most difficult problems.
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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