13 occurrences in 12 translations

'Cannot' in the Bible

And the angel of Yahweh said to her, "{I will greatly multiply} your offspring, so that they cannot be counted for [their] abundance."

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingUncountableImpossible For PeopleGod Multipling People

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Verse ConceptsKindnessPeople's Inability To SaveEscaping To MountainsPossibility Of DeathGod Showed His LovingkindnessUnable To Save

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Verse ConceptsHasteImpotence Of GodSmall ThingsHurrying Others On

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

Verse ConceptsGod In Relation To ManUnable To Harm

And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesRollingUnable To Do Other Things

And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

Verse ConceptsMenstruationBleedingSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot FindingNot Able To Get Upwomanhood

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Verse ConceptsUncountableImpossible For PeopleGod Doing GoodSand And Gravel

And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

Verse ConceptsForeskinsUncircumcisionImpossible For PeopleNamed SistersUnable To Do Other Things

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be Found

And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

Verse ConceptsBuying FoodIndeterminate Sums Of Money

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathPeople Abandoning People

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.

Verse ConceptsNot With People

When that year was over, they came the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from our lord that the money is gone and that all our livestock belongs to our lord. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.

Verse ConceptsBodyHerdsLimitations Of The BodyIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyShortage Other Than FoodThings Revealed

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Cannot (511 instances)

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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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