Hebrew word study

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

Pronounced “yaw-kole'”

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

Translated in the King James as: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.

Appears 193 times in Scripture

Origin: or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 22×

Genesis 13:6 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 15:5 Genesis 19:19 Genesis 19:22 Genesis 24:50 Genesis 29:8 Genesis 30:8 Genesis 31:35 Genesis 32:25 Genesis 32:28 Genesis 34:14 Genesis 36:7 Genesis 37:4 Genesis 43:32 Genesis 44:1 Genesis 44:22 Genesis 44:26 Genesis 45:1 Genesis 45:3 Genesis 48:10+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 13×

Exodus 2:3 Exodus 7:21 Exodus 7:24 Exodus 8:18 Exodus 9:11 Exodus 10:5 Exodus 12:39 Exodus 15:23 Exodus 18:18 Exodus 18:23 Exodus 19:23 Exodus 33:20 Exodus 40:35

Numbers — 13×

Numbers 9:6 Numbers 11:14 Numbers 13:30 Numbers 13:31 Numbers 14:16 Numbers 22:6 Numbers 22:11 Numbers 22:18 Numbers 22:37 Numbers 22:38 Numbers 24:13+ 2 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 16×

Deuteronomy 1:9 Deuteronomy 7:17 Deuteronomy 7:22 Deuteronomy 9:28 Deuteronomy 12:17 Deuteronomy 14:24 Deuteronomy 16:5 Deuteronomy 17:15 Deuteronomy 21:16 Deuteronomy 22:3 Deuteronomy 22:19 Deuteronomy 22:29 Deuteronomy 24:4 Deuteronomy 28:27 Deuteronomy 28:35 Deuteronomy 31:2

Joshua — 6×

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

Judges — 7×

Judges 2:14 Judges 8:3 Judges 11:35 Judges 14:13 Judges 14:14 Judges 16:5 Judges 21:18

Ruth — 2×

Ruth 4:6+ 1 more in Ruth

1 Samuel — 9×

1 Sam 3:2 1 Sam 4:15 1 Sam 6:20 1 Sam 17:9 1 Sam 17:33 1 Sam 17:39 1 Sam 26:25+ 2 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 3×

2 Sam 3:11 2 Sam 12:23 2 Sam 17:17

1 Kings — 9×

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

2 Kings — 5×

2 Ki 3:26 2 Ki 4:40 2 Ki 16:5 2 Ki 18:23 2 Ki 18:29

1 Chronicles — 1×

1 Chr 21:30

2 Chronicles — 10×

2 Chr 5:14 2 Chr 7:2 2 Chr 7:7 2 Chr 18:21 2 Chr 30:3 2 Chr 32:13 2 Chr 32:14 2 Chr 32:15+ 2 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 1×

Ezra 2:59

Nehemiah — 3×

Nehemiah 4:10 Nehemiah 6:3 Nehemiah 7:61

Esther — 3×

Esther 6:13 Esther 8:6+ 1 more in Esther

Job — 4×

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

Psalms — 10×

Psalms 13:4 Psalms 18:38 Psalms 21:11 Psalms 36:12 Psalms 40:12 Psalms 78:19 Psalms 78:20 Psalms 101:5 Psalms 129:2 Psalms 139:6

Proverbs — 1×

Proverbs 30:21

Ecclesiastes — 7×

Eccles 1:8 Eccles 1:15 Eccles 6:10 Eccles 7:13 Eccles 8:17+ 2 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 1×

Song 8:7

Isaiah — 12×

Isaiah 1:13 Isaiah 7:1 Isaiah 16:12 Isaiah 29:11 Isaiah 36:8 Isaiah 36:14 Isaiah 46:2 Isaiah 47:11 Isaiah 47:12 Isaiah 56:10 Isaiah 57:20 Isaiah 59:14

Jeremiah — 20×

Jeremiah 1:19 Jeremiah 3:5 Jeremiah 5:22 Jeremiah 6:10 Jeremiah 11:11 Jeremiah 13:23 Jeremiah 14:9 Jeremiah 15:20 Jeremiah 18:6 Jeremiah 19:11 Jeremiah 20:7 Jeremiah 20:9 Jeremiah 20:10 Jeremiah 20:11 Jeremiah 36:5 Jeremiah 38:5 Jeremiah 38:22 Jeremiah 44:22 Jeremiah 49:10 Jeremiah 49:23

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 1:14 Lam 4:14

Ezekiel — 3×

Ezekiel 7:19 Ezekiel 33:12 Ezekiel 47:5

Daniel — 2×

Daniel 7:21 Daniel 10:17

Hosea — 3×

Hosea 5:13 Hosea 8:5 Hosea 12:4

Amos — 1×

Obadiah — 1×

Jonah — 1×

Habakkuk — 1×

Zephaniah — 1×

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