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cannot

Meaning of “cannot”

Is unable to; is not able to.

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184 occurrences175 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:19

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Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 1:15 · retained source text

That which is crooked, cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbred.

1611 marginal noteHeb. defect.

1611 marginal noteCha.7.13.

Ecclesiastes 8:17
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 8:17 · retained source text

Then I behelde all the worke of God, that a man cannot finde out the worke that is done vnder the Sunne: because though a man labour to seeke it out, yea further though a wise man thinke to know it, yet shall hee not be able to finde it.

Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 10:14 · retained source text

A foole also is full of words; a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall bee after him who can tell him?

1611 marginal noteHeb. multiplieth words.

1611 marginal noteProu. 15.2.

1611 marginal noteChap.3.21. and 6.12.

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