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able

Meaning of “able”

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 13:6

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Luke 14:30
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 14:30 · retained source text

Saying, This man beganne to build, and was not able to finish.

Luke 14:31
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 14:31 · retained source text

Or what king going to make war against another king, sitteth not downe first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand?

Luke 21:15
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 21:15 · retained source text

For I will giue you a mouth and wisedome, which all your aduersaries shall not be able to gainsay, nor resist.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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.

Acts 6:10
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 6:10 · retained source text

And they were not able to resist the wisedome and the spirit by which he spake.

Acts 15:10
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 15:10 · retained source text

Now therfore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke vpon the necke of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare?

1611 marginal noteMat. 23.4.

Acts 20:32
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 20:32 · retained source text

And now brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you vp, and to giue you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

Acts 25:5
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
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1611 witness · Acts 25:5 · retained source text

Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go downe with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickednesse in him.

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