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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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Luke 11:7
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 11:7 · retained source text

And he from within shal answere and say, Trouble mee not, the doore is now shut, and my children are with me in bed: I cannot rise and giue thee.

Luke 13:33
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 13:33 · retained source text

Neuerthelesse, I must walke to day and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a Prophet perish out of Hierusalem.

Luke 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 14:14 · retained source text

And thou shalt be blessed, for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the iust.

Luke 14:26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 14:26 · retained source text

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his owne life also, hee cannot be my disciple.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 10.37.

Luke 14:33
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 14:33 · retained source text

So likewise, whosoeuer he be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 16:3
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 16:3 · retained source text

Then the Steward said within himselfe, What shall I doe, for my lord taketh away from mee the Stewardship? I cannot digge, to begge I am ashamed.

Luke 16:13
¶ No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 16:13 · retained source text

¶ No seruant can serue two masters, for either he will hate the one, and loue the other: or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other: yee cannot serue God and Mammon.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 6.24.

Luke 16:26
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 16:26 · retained source text

And besides all this, betweene vs and you there is a great gulfe fixed, so that they which would passe from hence to you, cannot, neither can they passe to vs, that would come from thence.

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