יָכֹל yakhol

Hebrew word for “be able” · Strong’s H3201 · used 194 times in 183 verses

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Meaning

1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able;

How it is translated

Glosses given for yakhol in context, with how often each is used:

• able 102
• will be able 48
• will prevail 13
• prevailed 4
• have prevailed 3
• will i be able 3
• able ! 2
• had been able 2
• certainly 2
• anyone will be able 1
• ¿ certainly 1
• have i been able 1

Where it is used

Also in 20 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 22 (5), Jeremiah 20 (4), Genesis 44 (3), Deuteronomy 22 (3), 1 Samuel 17 (3), 2 Chronicles 32 (3), Genesis 13 (2), Genesis 19 (2), Genesis 32 (2), Genesis 45 (2)

Forms

• יוכל 39
• יכלו 34
• אוכל 33
• תוכל 25
• נוכל 11
• יוכלו 11
• יכל 10
• יכול 4
• יכלתי 3
• ותוכל 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yakhol more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• זֶה zeh “this” 22
• אִם im “if” 21
• רָאָה raah “to see” 21
• רַע ra “bad” 14
• מִן־ min “from” 16
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 10
• גַּם gam “also” 13
• דָּבָר davar “word” 16
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 14
• אֵת et “with” 13
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 11
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 13

Key verses

The verses using yakhol that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 13:16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
• Genesis 32:28 — And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
• Judges 2:14 — And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their…
• 1 Kings 3:9 — 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…
• Isaiah 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Jeremiah 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot…
• Jeremiah 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto…
• Jeremiah 20:7 — O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
• Jeremiah 20:10 — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he…
• Jeremiah 44:22 — So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a…
• Habakkuk 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue…
• Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.