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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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James 1:21
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · James 1:21 · retained source text

Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of naughtinesse, & receiue with meeknesse the engrafted word, which is able to saue your soules.

James 3:2
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
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1611 witness · James 3:2 · retained source text

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

James 4:12
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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1611 witness · James 4:12 · retained source text

There is one Lawgiuer, who is able to saue, and to destroy: who art thou that iudgest another?

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