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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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Psalms 18:38
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 18:38 · retained source text

I haue wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen vnder my feete.

Psalms 36:12
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 36:12 · retained source text

There are the workers of iniquitie fallen: they are cast downe, and shal not be able to rise.

Psalms 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
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1611 witness · Psalms 40:12 · retained source text

For innumerable euils haue compassed me about, mine iniquities haue taken hold vpon me, so that I am not able to looke vp: they are moe then the haires of mine head, therefore my heart faileth me.

1611 marginal noteHeb. forsaketh.

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