45 occurrences in 12 translations

'Cannot' in the Bible

For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;evil cannot dwell with You.

I crush them, and they cannot get up;they fall beneath my feet.

All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;all those who go down to the dustwill kneel before Him—even the one who cannot preserve his life.

There the evildoers fall;they have been thrown down and cannot rise.

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me so that I cannot see. They are more in number than the hair on my head, and my courage has forsaken me.

May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,And make their loins shake continually.

[The] stouthearted are plundered; they sleep their sleep, and all [the] able men cannot {use} their hands.

Your way was through the sea, and your path through mighty waters, but your footprints cannot be traced.

How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

“Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated];I will not lie to David.

They say, "The LORD cannot see, and the God of Jacob will not notice."

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.He judges the peoples fairly.”

You set a boundary they cannot cross;they will never cover the earth again.

They have ears but cannot hear,noses, but cannot smell.

They have hands but cannot feel,feet, but cannot walk.They cannot make a sound with their throats.

which cannot fill the reaper's hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

They have ears but cannot hear;indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.

Never grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; never condone their plans so they cannot exalt themselves. Interlude

“May burning coals fall upon them;May they be cast into the fire,Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.

He has also established them forever and ever;He has made a decree which shall not pass away.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
יכול יכל 
Yakol 
Usage: 194

יכיל יכל 
Y@kel (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

לה לא 
La' (Aramaic) 
not , no , nor , without , neither , none , cannot , ever , never , no , nothing
Usage: 82

ἀκατάγνωστος 
Akatagnostos 
Usage: 1

ἀκατάπαυστος 
Akatapaustos 
Usage: 1

ἀπείραστος 
Apeirastos 
Usage: 1

ἀσάλευτος 
Asaleutos 
Usage: 2

ἀψευδής 
Apseudes 
Usage: 1

δύναμαι 
Dunamai 
can , cannot , be able , may , able ,
Usage: 140

εἴδω 
Eido 
know , cannot tell , know how , wist , , see , behold , look , perceive , vr see , vr know
Usage: 519

ἰσχύω 
Ischuo 
can , be able , avail , prevail , be whole , cannot , can do , may ,
Usage: 19

μυωπάζω 
Muopazo 
Usage: 1

οὐ 
Ou 
not , no , cannot ,
Usage: 1032

σαλεύω 
Saleuo 
Usage: 8

χωρέω 
Choreo 
Usage: 5

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