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able

Meaning of “able”

Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.

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160 occurrences155 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 13:6

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1 Corinthians 3:2
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 3:2 · retained source text

I haue fed you with milke, and not with meate: for hitherto yee were not able to beare it, neither yet now are ye able.

1 Corinthians 6:5
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 6:5 · retained source text

I speake to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man amongst you? no not one that shall bee able to iudge betweene his brethren?

1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:13 · retained source text

There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man: but God is faithfull, who wil not suffer you to bee tempted aboue that you are able: but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may bee able to beare it.

1611 marginal noteOr, moderate.

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