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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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John 10:29
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
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1611 witness · John 10:29 · retained source text

My father which gaue them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to plucke them out of my fathers hand.

John 21:6
And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
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1611 witness · John 21:6 · retained source text

And he said vnto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and yee shall finde. They cast therfore, and now they were not able to draw it, for the multitude of fishes.

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