Yakhol יָכֹל

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Yakhol
יָכֹל
Transliterationyakhol
Strong's numberH3201
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossbe able
Occurrences194 in 183 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (21)

Yakhol (Hebrew יָכֹל, Strong's H3201) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be able”. It occurs 194 times in 183 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach
1a2) to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor
1a3) to have ability, have strength
Aramaic equivalent: ye.khel (יְכִל "be able" H3202)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcould (46), able (42), cannot (35), can (12), prevail (12), may (11), prevailed (9), canst (5), mayest (5), might (2), endure (2), overcome (1), and 8 other renderings
BSBcould (13), can (11), prevail (7), he could (5), they could (5), be able (4), able (4), you can (4), overpower (3), i could (3), prevailed (3), you must (2), and 47 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Yakhol, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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