Hebrew word

yâkôl

yaw-kole'

יָכֹל

What it means

to be able, literally or morally

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

Where it comes from

or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root

How the King James translates it

able42
could36
cannot34
prevail12
can10
prevailed7
may6
canst6

Every place it appears 179

Genesis13:6 13:16 15:5 19:19 19:22 24:50 29:8 30:8 31:35 32:25 36:7 37:4 43:32 44:1 44:22 44:26 45:1 45:3

Exodus2:3 7:21 7:24 8:18 9:11 10:5 12:39 15:23 18:18 18:23 19:23 33:20 40:35

Numbers9:6 11:14 13:30 13:31 14:16 22:6 22:11 22:18 22:37 22:38 24:13

Deuteronomy1:9 7:17 7:22 9:28 12:17 14:24 16:5 17:15 22:3 22:19 22:29 24:4 28:27 28:35 31:2

Joshua7:12 7:13 9:19 15:63 17:12 24:19

Judges2:14 8:3 11:35 14:13 14:14 16:5 21:18

Ruth4:6

1 Samuel3:2 4:15 6:20 17:9 17:33 17:39 26:25

2 Samuel3:11 12:23 17:17

1 Kings3:9 5:3 8:11 9:21 13:4 13:16 14:4 20:9 22:22

2 Kings3:26 4:40 16:5 18:23 18:29

1 Chronicles21:30

2 Chronicles5:14 7:2 7:7 18:21 29:34 30:3 32:13 32:14 32:15

Ezra2:59

Nehemiah4:10 6:3 7:61

Esther6:13 8:6

Job4:2 33:5 42:2

Psalms13:4 18:38 36:12 40:12 78:19 78:20

Proverbs30:21

Ecclesiastes1:8 1:15 6:10 7:13 8:17

Song of Solomon8:7

Isaiah1:13 7:1 29:11 36:8 36:14 46:2 47:11 47:12 56:10 57:20 59:14

Jeremiah1:19 5:22 6:10 11:11 14:9 15:20 18:6 19:11 20:7 20:10 20:11 36:5 38:22 44:22 49:10 49:23

Lamentations1:14 4:14

Ezekiel7:19 33:12 47:5

Daniel10:17

Hosea5:13 8:5 12:4

Amos7:10

Obadiah1:7

Jonah1:13

Habakkuk1:13

Zephaniah1:18