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.
(Chaldee); corresponding to H3201: - be {able} {can} {couldest} prevail.
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Gen 13:6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they couldH3201 not dwell together.
Gen 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man canH3201 number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be ableH3201 to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 19:19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannotH3201 escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Gen 29:8And they said, We cannotH3201, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
Gen 31:35And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannotH3201 rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
Gen 32:25And when he saw that he prevailedH3201 not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
Gen 32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailedH3201. ▼
Gen 36:7For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers couldH3201 not bear them because of their cattle.
Gen 43:32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians mightH3201 not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Gen 44:1And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they canH3201 carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. ▼
Gen 44:26And we said, We cannotH3201 go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we mayH3201 not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
Gen 45:1Then Joseph couldH3201 not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
Gen 45:3And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren couldH3201 not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. ▼
Gen 48:10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldH3201 not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. ▼
Exo 2:3And when she couldH3201 not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Exo 7:21And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians couldH3201 not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exo 10:5And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be ableH3201 to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: ▼
Exo 12:39And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and couldH3201 not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
Exo 15:23¶ And when they came to Marah, they couldH3201 not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. ▼
Exo 18:18Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not ableH3201 to perform it thyself alone. ▼
Exo 18:23If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be ableH3201 to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
Exo 19:23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannotH3201 come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
Exo 40:35And Moses was not ableH3201 to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Num 9:6¶ And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they couldH3201 not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
Num 14:16Because the LORD was not ableH3201 to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Num 22:6Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevailH3201, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Num 22:11Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be ableH3201 to overcome them, and drive them out. ▼
Num 22:18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannotH3201 go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Num 22:37And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not ableH3201 indeed to promote thee to honour?
Num 22:38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any powerH3201 at allH3201 to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
Num 24:13If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannotH3201 go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
Deu 7:22And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayestH3201 not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. ▼
Deu 9:28Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not ableH3201 to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Deu 12:17¶ Thou mayestH3201 not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: