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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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Jeremiah 1:6
Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 1:6 · retained source text

Then said I, Ah LORD God, behold, I cannot speake, for I am a childe.

1611 marginal noteExo.3.4.

Jeremiah 4:19
¶ My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:19 · retained source text

¶ My bowels, my bowels, I am pained at my very heart, my heart maketh a noise in mee, I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soule, the sound of the Trumpet, the alarme of warre.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the walles of my heart.

1611 marginal noteIsa.22.4. chap.9.1.

Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:22 · retained source text

Feare yee not mee, saith the LORD? Will yee not tremble at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof tosse themselues, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?

1611 marginal noteIob.38.10, 11. psal. 104.9.

Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 6:10 · retained source text

To whome shall I speake and giue warning, that they may heare? Behold, their eare is vncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: beholde, the word of the LORD is vnto them a reproch: they haue no delight in it.

1611 marginal noteChap.7.26

Jeremiah 10:5
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 10:5 · retained source text

They are vpright as the palme tree, but speake not: they must needes bee borne, because they cannot goe: be not afraid of them, for they cannot doe euil, neither also is it in them to doe good.

1611 marginal notePsa.115.5.

1611 marginal noteIsa.46.1, 7.

1611 marginal noteIsa.41.28.

Jeremiah 14:9
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:9 · retained source text

Why shouldest thou bee as a man astonied, as a mightie man that cannot saue? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of vs, and we are called by thy Name, leaue vs not.

1611 marginal noteHebr. thy Name is called vpon vs.

Jeremiah 18:6
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:6 · retained source text

O house of Israel, cannot I doe with you as this potter, saith the LORD? Behold, as the clay is in the potters hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

1611 marginal noteIsa.45.9. rom.9.10. wisd.15.7.

Jeremiah 19:11
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 19:11 · retained source text

And shalt say vnto them; Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Euen so will I breake this people and this citie as one breaketh a potters vessell that cannot bee made whole againe, and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place else to bury.

1611 marginal noteHeb. be healed.

1611 marginal noteCha. 7.32.

Jeremiah 24:3
Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 24:3 · retained source text

Then said the LORD vnto me; What seest thou Ieremiah? and I said: Figges: the good figges, very good and the euill, very euill, that cannot be eaten, they are so euill.

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