יָכֹלyâkôl
be able, have power, prevail, endure
Pronunciation: yaw-kole' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3201
Meanings
Qal
1. be able, to do a thing, whether ability be physical, moral, constitutional, or dependent on external authority (Genesis 13:16; 2 Chronicles 32:13; 2 Chronicles 32:15)
a. I am not able to rise up, Joseph was not able to restrain himself (Genesis 31:35; Genesis 45:1; Genesis 45:3)
c. We are not able, cannot (Genesis 29:8; Exodus 8:14; Isaiah 29:11)
d. may not, might not eat (Genesis 43:32; Judges 21:18; Deuteronomy 7:22)
e. be able (Numbers 22:6; Lamentations 4:14)
f. shall I be able and see? (Esther 8:6)
g. able to gain, accomplish, will they be unable (Hosea 8:5; Job 42:2; Jeremiah 38:5)
h. able to endure, I cannot endure iniquity and (Isaiah 1:13; Psalms 101:5)
i. able to reach, I cannot (reach) to it. (Psalms 139:6)
2. prevail
a. prevail, overcome, be victor, succeed (Genesis 30:8; Genesis 32:29; Hosea 12:5)
b. prevail against, over (Genesis 32:26; Numbers 13:30; Judges 16:5)
c. I have prevailed over him (Psalms 13:5; Zechariah 9:15)
3. have ability, strength (Job 31:23)
Same root
- הֵיכָלhêykâl · H1964a large public building, such as a palace or temple
- יְהוּכַלYᵉhûwkal · H3081Jehukal, an Israelite
- יְכֵלyᵉkêl · H3202{to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)}
- יְכׇלְיָהYᵉkolyâh · H3203Jekoljah or Jekiljah, an Israelitess
- מִיכָלmîykâl · H4323properly, a container, i.e. a streamlet
Where it appears
Appears 194 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 13:6 But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.
- Genesis 13:16 And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
- Genesis 15:5 Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”
- Genesis 19:19 “You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.
- Genesis 19:22 But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)
- Genesis 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “The Lord has obviously brought you here, so there is nothing we can say.
See every passage
- Genesis 13:6, 13:16, 15:5, 19:19, 19:22, 24:50, 29:8, 30:8, 31:35, 32:25, 32:28, 34:14, 36:7, 37:4, 43:32, 44:1, 44:22, 44:26, 45:1, 45:3, 48:10
- Exodus 2:3, 7:21, 7:24, 8:18, 9:11, 10:5, 12:39, 15:23, 18:18, 18:23, 19:23, 33:20, 40:35
- Numbers 9:6, 11:14, 13:30, 13:31, 14:16, 22:6, 22:11, 22:18, 22:37, 22:38, 24:13
- Deuteronomy 1:9, 7:17, 7:22, 9:28, 12:17, 14:24, 16:5, 17:15, 21:16, 22:3, 22:19, 22:29, 24:4, 28:27, 28:35, 31:2
- Joshua 7:12, 7:13, 9:19, 15:63, 17:12, 24:19
- Judges 2:14, 8:3, 11:35, 14:13, 14:14, 16:5, 21:18
- Ruth 4:6
- 1 Samuel 3:2, 4:15, 6:20, 17:9, 17:33, 17:39, 26:25
- 2 Samuel 3:11, 12:23, 17:17
- 1 Kings 3:9, 5:3, 8:11, 9:21, 13:4, 13:16, 14:4, 20:9, 22:22
- 2 Kings 3:26, 4:40, 16:5, 18:23, 18:29
- 1 Chronicles 21:30
- 2 Chronicles 5:14, 7:2, 7:7, 18:21, 29:34, 30:3, 32:13, 32:14, 32:15
- Ezra 2:59
- Nehemiah 4:10, 6:3, 7:61
- Esther 6:13, 8:6
- Job 4:2, 31:23, 33:5, 42:2
- Psalms 13:4, 18:38, 21:11, 36:12, 40:12, 78:19, 78:20, 101:5, 129:2, 139:6
- Proverbs 30:21
- Ecclesiastes 1:8, 1:15, 6:10, 7:13, 8:17
- Song of Solomon 8:7
- Isaiah 1:13, 7:1, 16:12, 29:11, 36:8, 36:14, 46:2, 47:11, 47:12, 56:10, 57:20, 59:14
- Jeremiah 1:19, 3:5, 5:22, 6:10, 11:11, 13:23, 14:9, 15:20, 18:6, 19:11, 20:7, 20:9, 20:10, 20:11, 36:5, 38:5, 38:22, 44:22, 49:10, 49:23
- Lamentations 1:14, 4:14
- Ezekiel 7:19, 33:12, 47:5
- Daniel 7:21, 10:17
- Hosea 5:13, 8:5, 12:4
- Amos 7:10
- Obadiah 1:7
- Jonah 1:13
- Habakkuk 1:13
- Zephaniah 1:18
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).