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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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Romans 8:8
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 8:8 · retained source text

So then they that are in the flesh, cannot please God.

Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 8:26 · retained source text

Likewise the spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what wee should pray for as wee ought: but the spirit it selfe maketh intercession for vs with groanings, which cannot bee vttered.

1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 7:9 · retained source text

But if they cannot conteine, let them marry: for it is better to marrie then to burne.

1 Corinthians 10:21
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:21 · retained source text

Yee cannot drinke the cup of the Lord, and the cup of deuils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lords Table, and of the table of deuils.

1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 12:21 · retained source text

And the eye cannot say vnto the hand, I haue no need of thee: nor againe, the head to the feete, I haue no neede of you.

1 Corinthians 15:50
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:50 · retained source text

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh & blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God: neither doth corruption inherite incorruption.

2 Corinthians 12:2
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 12:2 · retained source text

I knewe a man in Christ aboue foureteene yeeres agoe, whether in the body, I cannot tell, or whether out of the body, I cannot tell, God knoweth: such a one, caught vp to the third heauen.

2 Corinthians 12:3
And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 12:3 · retained source text

And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell, God knoweth.)

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