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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 3 / 4 (2Ch 5:14–Jer 3:5)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:14 - so that the priests could H3201 not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:2 - And the priests could H3201 not enter into the house of Yahweh because the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 -

Then Solomon set apart as holy the middle of the court that was before the house of Yahweh, because there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings; for the bronze altar which Solomon had made was H3201 not able H3201 to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:21 - “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 Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were too few, so that they were H3201 unable H3201 to skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had set themselves apart as holy. For the Levites were more upright of heart to set themselves apart as holy than the priests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:3 - since they could H3201 not celebrate it at that time, because the priests had not set themselves apart as holy in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:13 - ‘Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were H3201 the gods of the nations of the lands able H3201 at H3201 all H3201 to deliver their land from my hand?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:14 - ‘Who was there among all the gods of these nations which my fathers devoted to destruction, who could H3201 deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be H3201 able H3201 to deliver you from my hand?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - ‘So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or incite you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was H3201 able H3201 to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:59 -

Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, [fn]Addan, and Immer, but they were H3201 not able H3201 to declare their fathers’ households and their fathers’ seed, whether they were of Israel:

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:10 -

Then Judah said,

“The [fn]strength of the burden bearers is failing,

Yet there is much [fn]rubbish;

And we ourselves are H3201 unable H3201

To rebuild the wall.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot H3201 come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:61 -

Now these were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, [fn]Addon, and Immer; but they were not able H3201 to declare their fathers’ houses or their fathers’ seed, whether they were of Israel:

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not overcome H3201 him, but will surely fall before him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - “For how can I endure H3201 to see the calamity which will befall my people, and how can I endure H3201 to see the perishing of my kinsmen?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 -

“If one tries a word with you, will you become weary?

But who can H3201 hold back [fn]from speaking?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:23 -

“For disaster from God is a dread to me,

And because of His exaltedness I can H3201 do H3201 nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:5 -

“Respond to me if you can H3201;

Arrange yourselves before me, take your stand.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:2 -

“I know that You can H3201 do all things,

And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 -

Lest my enemy says, “I have overcome H3201 him,”

And my adversaries rejoice that I am shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:38 -

I crushed them, so that they were H3201 not able H3201 to rise;

They fell under my feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11 -

Though they [fn]intended evil against You

And devised a scheme,

They will not succeed H3201.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 -

There the workers of wickedness have fallen;

They have been thrust down and cannot H3201 rise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 -

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;

My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am H3201 not able H3201 to see;

They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,

And my heart has [fn]failed me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:19 -

Then they spoke against God;

They said, “Can H3201 God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 -

“Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out,

And streams were overflowing;

Can H3201 He give bread also?

Will He prepare [fn]meat for His people?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 -

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will [fn]destroy;

Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure H3201.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2 -

[fn]Many times they have [fn]assailed me from my youth up;

Yet they have not prevailed H3201 against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:6 -

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

It is too high, I cannot H3201 attain to it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:21 -

Under three things the earth quakes,

And under four, it cannot H3201 bear up:

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 -

All things are wearisome;

Man is not able H3201 to speak of it.

The eye is not satisfied with seeing,

Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - What is bent cannot H3201 be straightened, and what is lacking cannot H3201 be counted.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10 -

Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; and he cannot H3201 dispute with him who is stronger than he is.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 -

See the work of God,

For who is H3201 able H3201 to straighten what He has bent?

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot H3201 find out the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not find it out; and though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot H3201 find it out.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 -

“Many waters cannot H3201 quench love,

Nor will rivers overflow it;

If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,

It would be utterly despised.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 -

“Bring your worthless offerings no longer,

Incense is an abomination to Me.

New moon and sabbath, the calling of convocation

I cannot endure H3201 wickedness and the solemn assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:1 -

Now it happened in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could H3201 not [fn]conquer it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 -

So it will be when Moab appears,

When he wearies himself upon his high place

And comes to his sanctuary to pray,

That he will not prevail H3201.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:11 -

The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed [fn]book, which when they give it to the one who [fn]is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot H3201, for it is sealed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8 - “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 BoxIsa 36:14 - “Thus says the king, ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be H3201 able H3201 to deliver you;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2 -

They stooped over, they have bowed down together;

They could H3201 not rescue the load,

But [fn]have themselves gone into captivity.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 -

“But evil will come on you

Which you will not know how to charm away;

And disaster will fall on you

For which you cannot H3201 atone;

And destruction about which you do not know

Will come on you suddenly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 -

“Stand fast now in your spells

And in your many sorceries

With which you have labored from your youth;

Perhaps you will be H3201 able H3201 to profit;

Perhaps you may cause trembling.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 -

His watchmen are blind;

All of them know nothing.

All of them are mute dogs unable H3201 to bark,

[fn]Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:20 -

But the wicked are like the tossing sea,

For it cannot H3201 be quiet,

And its waters toss up refuse and mud.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 -

Justice is turned back,

And righteousness stands far away;

For truth has stumbled in the street,

And rightness cannot H3201 enter.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:19 - “And they will fight against you, but they will not overcome H3201 you, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:5 -

‘Will He be angry forever?

Will He keep it to the end?’

Behold, you have spoken

And have done evil things,

And you have [fn]had H3201 your way H3201.”


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