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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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2 Corinthians 1:4
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 1:4 · retained source text

Who comforteth vs in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort, wherewith we our selues are comforted of God.

2 Corinthians 3:6
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 3:6 · retained source text

Who also hath made vs able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giueth life.

1611 marginal noteOr, quickneth.

2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 9:8 · retained source text

And God is able to make all grace abound towards you, that ye alwayes hauing all sufficiencie in all things, may abound to euery good worke,

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