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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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Isaiah 36:14
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 36:14 · retained source text

Thus saith the king; Let not Hezekiah deceiue you, for he shall not be able to deliuer you.

Isaiah 47:11
¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 47:11 · retained source text

¶ Therefore shall euill come vpon thee, thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischiefe shall fall vpon thee, thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come vpon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the morning thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. expiate.

Isaiah 47:12
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 47:12 · retained source text

Stand now with thine inchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profite, if so be thou mayest preuaile.

Jeremiah 10:10
But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 10:10 · retained source text

But the LORD is the true God, he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his wrath the earth shal tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

1611 marginal noteHeb. God of trueth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. King of eternity.

Jeremiah 11:11
¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 11:11 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD, Behold, I will bring euill vpon them which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall crie vnto mee, I will not hearken vnto them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to goe forth of.

1611 marginal noteProu.1.28. isa.1.15. cha. 14.12. eze. 8.18. mich. 3.8.

Jeremiah 49:10
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 49:10 · retained source text

But I haue made Esau bare, I haue vncouered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himselfe: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren and his neighbours, and he is not.

Lamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 1:14 · retained source text

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come vp vpon my necke: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath deliuered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise vp.

Ezekiel 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 7:19 · retained source text

They shall cast their siluer in the streets, and their golde shalbe remooued: their siluer and their golde shall not be able to deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfie their soules, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumbling blocke of their iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for a separation or vncleannesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, because their iniquitie is their stumbling blocke.

1611 marginal noteProu.11.4. zeph.1.18. ecclus. 5.8.

Ezekiel 33:12
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 33:12 · retained source text

Therefore thou sonne of man, say vnto the children of thy people, The righteousnes of the righteous shal not deliuer him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickednes of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that hee turneth from his wickednes, neither shall the righteous bee able to liue for his righteousnes in the day that he sinneth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.24.

Ezekiel 46:5
And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 46:5 · retained source text

And the meat offring shalbe an Ephah for a ramme, and the meate offering for the lambes as he shalbe able to giue, and an Hin of oile to an Ephah.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the gift of his hand.

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