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Lexicon :: Strong's H3201 - yāḵōl

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יָכֹל
Transliteration
yāḵōl
Pronunciation
yaw-kole'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 866

Strong’s Definitions

יָכֹל yâkôl, yaw-kole'; or (fuller) יָכוֹל yâkôwl; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might):—be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 195x

The KJV translates Strong's H3201 in the following manner: could (46x), able (43x), cannot (34x), prevail (22x), may (16x), can (12x), canst (5x), endure (2x), might (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 195x
The KJV translates Strong's H3201 in the following manner: could (46x), able (43x), cannot (34x), prevail (22x), may (16x), can (12x), canst (5x), endure (2x), might (2x), miscellaneous (13x).
  1. to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach

      2. to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor

      3. to have ability, have strength

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָכֹל yâkôl, yaw-kole'; or (fuller) יָכוֹל yâkôwl; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might):—be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
STRONGS H3201: Abbreviations
יָכֹל, יָכוֺל 193 verb be able, have power prevail, endure (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְכִיל; Assyrian akâlu, Hpt in KAT2 Gloss i,) —
Qal Perfect יָכֹל Genesis 32:26 + 8 times; יָכוֺל 1 Samuel 4:15 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular יָֽֽֽכְלָה Genesis 36:7; Exodus 2:3; 2nd person masculine singular וְיָכָלְתָּ֫ Exodus 18:23; 1st person singular יָכֹלְתִּי Genesis 30:8 + 2 times; suffix יְכָלְתִּיו Psalm 13:5; 3rd person plural יָכְ֑לוּ Genesis 13:6 + 27 times + Joshua 15:63 Qr; יָכֹ֑לוּ Exodus 8:14 + 2 times; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוּכָל Genesis 13:16 + 34 times; יוּכָ֑ל Job 4:2 + 4 times; וַיֻּכָ֑ל Hosea 12:5; 3rd person feminine singular תּוּכַל Amos 7:10 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine singular תּוּכַל Genesis 15:5 + 16 times; 1st person singular אוּכַל Genesis 19:19 + 30 times, etc. (on these Imperfect forms as irregular Qal, see Ges§ 2, R. 3 Köi. 407 WSG 237; others.
Hoph.); Infinitive construct יְכֹ֫לֶת Numbers 14:16; Deuteronomy 9:28; Infinitive absolute יָכוֺל Numbers 13:20; 2 Chronicles 32:13; יָכֹל Numbers 22:38; 1 Samuel 26:25; P + 8 times (not Leviticus), Ezekiel + 3 times; often J E D Jeremiah, Isaiah 2, not seldom in Samuel Kings Chronicles; —
1. be able, to do a thing, whether ability be physical, moral, constitutional, or dependent on external authority; usually of man Genesis 13:16 (J) +, but also of gods 2 Chronicles 32:13, 15, and of י׳ Numbers 14:16 (JE), Deuteronomy 9:28; Jeremiah 44:22; occasionally of inanimate things Amos 7:10; Genesis 36:7 (P), Songs 8:7; Ecclesiastes 1:15 (twice in verse), etc.:
a. usually followed by infinitive with לְ (122 times), Genesis 31:35 I am not able to rise up; Genesis 45:1 Joseph was not able to restrain himself, Genesis 45:3; Genesis 48:10; Exodus 7:21, 24 were not able to drink, Exodus 12:39; Joshua 24:19 (all E); Genesis 13:16 if a man can number the dust, Genesis 19:19, 22; Genesis 43:32; Genesis 44:22, 26 (twice in verse); Exodus 10:5; Exodus 19:23 (all J), Genesis 15:5; Exodus 15:23; Numbers 11:14 (all J E) + 10 times J E; Deuteronomy 7:17 + 10 times D; Genesis 13:6 they could not dwell together, Genesis 34:14; Genesis 36:7; Exodus 9:11; Exodus 40:35; Numbers 9:6; Joshua 9:19 (all P); 1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 6:20; 1 Kings 9:21 (on || 2 Chronicles 8:8 and text of Judges 1:19 see BuRS 8), Amos 7:10; Hosea 5:13; Zephaniah 1:18; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 13:23; Jeremiah 18:6; Jeremiah 19:11 +.
† c. with infinitive implicit, always negative, Genesis 29:8 go and feed them; and they said, We are not able, cannot (J), Exodus 8:14 (P), Isaiah 29:11; Jeremiah 20:9; Psalm 21:12; Jonah 1:13.
d. with negative = may not (of moral inability): Genesis 43:32 (J) the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; Judges 21:18 we may not give them wives; especially D, Deuteronomy 7:22; Deuteronomy 12:17; Deuteronomy 14:24; Deuteronomy 16:5; Deuteronomy 17:15; Deuteronomy 22:3; Deuteronomy 28:27, 35.
e. be able, followed by imperfect: אוּלַי אוּכַל נַכֶּה Numbers 22:6 (JE) perchance I am able (so that) we smite (see Di; read perhaps נוּכַל for אוּכַל Ges§ 120, 1 b); לֹא יוּכְלוּ יִגְּעוּ Lamentations 4:14 they are unable, they touch = are unable to touch (Dr§ 163, Obs.)
† f. be able, followed by perfect consecutive, only very late, אוּכַל וְרָאִיתִי Esther 8:6 (twice in verse), literally how shall I be able and see? — Also in various combinations where English idiom would make it an auxiliary to another verb:
† g. able to gain, accomplish: followed by accusative לֹא יוּכְלוּ נִקָּיוֺן Hosea 8:5 how long will they be unable (to gain) innocence? יָדַעְתִּ֯ כִּיכֹֿל תּוּכָ֑ל Job 42:2 I know that thou art able (to do) all things; אֵין הַמֶּלֶךְ יוּכַל אֶתְכֶם דָּבָר Jeremiah 38:5 the king is not (one who is) able (to do) anything with (אֶתְכם for אִתְּכֶם see Gf, i.e. against) you.
† h. able to endure: לֹא אוּכַל אָוֶן וַעֲצָרָה Isaiah 1:13 I cannot endure iniquity and (with) a solemn assembly, Psalm 101:5.
† i. able to reach, followed by לְ, Psalm 139:6 it is high, לֹא אוּכַל לָהּ I cannot (reach) to it.
† 2. prevail:
a. absolute prevail, overcome, be victor Genesis 30:8 (E), Genesis 32:29 (J), Hosea 12:5; 1 Samuel 26:25; 1 Kings 22:22 2 Chronicles 18:21; Jeremiah 20:7, 11; of waves Jeremiah 5:22; succeed Isaiah 16:12; Jeremiah 3:5 (VB hast had they way).
c. once with suffix, יְכָלְתִּיו Psalm 13:5 I have prevailed over him, + Zechariah 9:15 (where read וְיָֽֽֽכְלוּם for וְאָֽכְלוּ with Greek Version of the LXX Targum KloTh LZ 1879. 564 StaZAW 1881, 18).
† 3. absolute have ability, strength, only negative מִשְּׂאֵתוֺ לֹא אוּכָ֑ל Job 31:23 because of his loftiness I have no ability, am inadequate (to anything).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3202.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:6; 13:6; 13:16; 13:16; 13:16; 15:5; 15:5; 19:19; 19:19; 19:22; 24:50; 29:8; 30:8; 30:8; 31:35; 32:26; 32:26; 32:29; 34:14; 36:7; 36:7; 36:7; 37:4; 43:32; 43:32; 44:1; 44:22; 44:26; 45:1; 45:3; 48:10

Exodus

2:3; 2:3; 7:21; 7:24; 8:14; 8:14; 9:11; 10:5; 12:39; 15:23; 18:18; 18:23; 18:23; 19:23; 40:35

Numbers

9:6; 11:14; 13:20; 13:30; 14:16; 14:16; 22:6; 22:37; 22:38; 22:38

Deuteronomy

1:9; 7:17; 7:22; 7:22; 9:28; 9:28; 12:17; 14:24; 14:24; 16:5; 17:15; 22:3; 22:29; 28:27; 28:35

Joshua

9:19; 15:63; 24:19

Judges

1:19; 8:3; 16:5; 21:18

1 Samuel

3:2; 4:15; 6:20; 17:9; 26:25; 26:25

1 Kings

9:21; 22:22

2 Chronicles

8:8; 18:21; 32:13; 32:13; 32:15

Esther

6:13; 8:6

Job

4:2; 4:2; 31:23; 33:5; 42:2

Psalms

13:5; 13:5; 18:39; 21:12; 78:20; 101:5; 129:2; 139:6

Proverbs

30:21

Ecclesiastes

1:15

Song of Songs

8:7

Isaiah

1:13; 16:12; 29:11; 46:2; 47:11; 47:12; 57:20

Jeremiah

1:19; 3:5; 5:22; 6:10; 11:11; 13:23; 15:20; 18:6; 19:11; 20:7; 20:9; 20:10; 20:11; 38:5; 38:22; 44:22; 49:10; 49:23

Lamentations

1:14; 4:14

Hosea

5:13; 8:5; 12:5; 12:5

Amos

7:10; 7:10; 7:10

Obadiah

1:7

Jonah

1:13

Habakkuk

1:13

Zephaniah

1:18

Zechariah

9:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3201 matches the Hebrew יָכֹל (yāḵōl),
which occurs 194 times in 182 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Deu 14:24–1Ch 21:30)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 - “And if the [fn]distance is so great for you that you are H3201 not able H3201 to [fn]bring the tithe, since the place where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when Yahweh your God blesses you,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:5 - “You are not allowed H3201 to sacrifice the Passover in any of your gates of the towns which Yahweh your God is giving you;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - you shall surely set a king over you whom Yahweh your God chooses, one from among your brothers you shall set as king over yourselves; you may H3201 not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16 - then it shall be in the day he [fn]wills what he has to his sons, he cannot H3201 make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the [fn]unloved, who is the firstborn.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:3 - “Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do likewise with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your brother, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed H3201 to [fn]ignore them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - and they shall fine him [fn]one hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father because he brought forth a bad name against a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he cannot H3201 [fn]divorce her all his days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:29 - then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot H3201 divorce her all his days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:4 - then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed H3201 to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before Yahweh, and you shall not bring sin on the land which Yahweh your God gives you as an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27 -

“Yahweh will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot H3201 be healed.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - “Yahweh will strike you on the knees and legs with sore boils, from which you cannot H3201 be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:2 - And he said to them, “I am 120 years old today; I am H3201 no longer able H3201 to come and go, and Yahweh has said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - “Therefore the sons of Israel cannot H3201 rise before their enemies; they turn their [fn]backs before their enemies, for they have become devoted to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things devoted to destruction from your midst.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - “Rise up! Set the people apart as holy and say, ‘Set yourselves apart as holy for tomorrow, for thus Yahweh, the God of Israel, has said, “There are things devoted to destruction in your midst, O Israel. You cannot H3201 rise before your enemies until you have removed the things devoted to destruction from your midst.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - Then all the leaders said to the whole congregation, “We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel, so now we cannot H3201 touch them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:63 -

Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could H3201 not dispossess them; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:12 - But the sons of Manasseh could H3201 not take possession of these cities because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 -

Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be H3201 able H3201 to serve Yahweh, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - And the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could H3201 no longer stand before their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - “God has given the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, into your hands; and what was H3201 I able H3201 to do in comparison with you?” Then their [fn]anger toward him subsided when he spoke this word.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:35 - So it happened that when he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me. But I have opened my mouth to vow to Yahweh, and I cannot H3201 take it back.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:13 - “But if you are H3201 unable H3201 to tell me, then you shall give me thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.” And they said to him, “Propound your riddle, that we may hear it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - So he said to them,

“Out of the eater came something to eat,

And out of the strong came something sweet.”

But they could H3201 not tell the riddle in three days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and [fn]how we may overpower H3201 him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - “But we cannot H3201 give them wives of our daughters.” For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:6 - So the kinsman redeemer said, “I cannot H3201 redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance. You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot H3201 redeem it.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 -

And it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to fade, and he could H3201 not see well),

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:15 - Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had set so that he could H3201 not see.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:20 - And the men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is H3201 able H3201 to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - “If he is H3201 able H3201 to fight with me and strike me down, then we will become your slaves; but if I prevail H3201 against him and strike him down, then you shall become our slaves and serve us.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33 - Then Saul said to David, “You are H3201 not able H3201 to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - And David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, “I cannot H3201 go with these, for I have not tested them.” And David took them [fn]off.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:25 - Then Saul said to David, “Blessed are you, my son David; you will both accomplish much and surely H3201 prevail H3201.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:11 - And he could H3201 no longer respond a word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:23 - “But now he has died; why should I fast? Can H3201 I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, and a servant-woman would go and inform them, and they would go and inform King David, for they could H3201 not be seen entering the city.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - “So give Your slave a listening heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is H3201 able H3201 to [fn]judge this glorious people of Yours?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3 - “You know that David my father was H3201 unable H3201 to build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:11 - so that the priests could H3201 not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:21 - namely, their sons who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were H3201 unable H3201 to devote to destruction, from them Solomon raised up forced laborers to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - Now it happened that when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could H3201 not draw it back to himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:16 - And he said, “I cannot H3201 return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:4 -

Then Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could H3201 not see, for his eyes had [fn]set because of his old age.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:9 - So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Say to my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot H3201 do.’” And the messengers departed and brought him word again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:22 - “And Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You shall entice him and also prevail H3201. Go out and do so.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - Then the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him, so he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could H3201 not.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - So they poured it out for the men to eat. And it happened that as they were eating of the stew, they cried out and said, “O man of God, there is death in the pot.” And they were H3201 unable H3201 to eat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5 -

Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz, but could H3201 not [fn]overcome him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - “So now, [fn]come, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are H3201 able H3201 on your part to give riders for them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:29 - “Thus says the king, ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be H3201 able H3201 to deliver you from [fn]his hand;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:30 - But David could H3201 not go before it to inquire of God, for he was terrified by the sword of the angel of Yahweh.

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