144 occurrences

'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."

Behold, your servant has found favor in your eyes and {you have shown me great kindness} in saving my life. But I cannot flee to the mountains, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.

Escape there quickly, for I cannot do [this] thing until you get there." Therefore, there name of the city was called Zoar.

Now you yourself said, 'I will surely deal well with you and make your offspring as the sand of the sea that cannot be counted for abundance.'"

And they said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who [is] uncircumcised, for that [is] a disgrace for us.

Then we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father; if he should leave his father, then he would die.'

then we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother [is] with us, then we shall go down. For we will not be able to see the face of the man unless our youngest brother [is] with us.'

When that year ended, they came to him in the following year and said to him, "We cannot hide from my lord that [our] money and livestock belong to my lord. Nothing remains before my lord except our bodies and our land.

" 'If {he cannot afford a sheep}, he shall bring [as] his guilt offering [for] what he sinned two turtledoves or two {young doves} for Yahweh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.

" 'But if {he cannot afford} two turtledoves or two {young doves}, then, because he has sinned, he shall bring [as] his offering a tenth of an ephah [of] finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not put oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it [is] a sin offering.

And if {she cannot afford} a sheep, then she shall take two turtledoves or two {young doves}--one as a burnt offering and one as a sin offering--and the priest shall make atonement for her, so that she shall be clean.'"

"But if he [is] poor and {he cannot afford} [it], then he shall take one male lamb [for] a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for himself and one-tenth [of an ephah] of finely milled flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,

This [is] the regulation of [the one] on whom [is] an infectious skin disease who {cannot afford} [the cost] for his cleansing."

Anyone devoted who is devoted from {human beings} cannot be ransomed--he shall surely be put to death.

Behold, I have received [a command] to bless; when he has blessed, I cannot cause it to return.

" 'If anyone kills a person, the killer will be put to death {according to the testimony} of witnesses, but someone cannot die on testimony of one person.

"Yahweh shall afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scurvy and with {the skin rash that cannot be healed}.

Bless, O Yahweh, his substance, and with the work of his hands you must be pleased; smite the loins of those who attack him, and those hating him, {so that they cannot arise}."

But all the leaders of the congregation said, "We have sworn to them by Yahweh the God of Israel, and so we cannot touch them.

But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve Yahweh, for he [is] a holy and jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

His friend answered him and said, "This cannot be anything except the sword of Gideon son of Jehoash, a man of Israel; God has given Midian and the entire camp into his hand."

And the moment he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, "Ah! My daughter, you have caused me to bow down, and you have become my trouble. {I made an oath} to Yahweh, and I cannot take [it] back."

But we cannot give them wives from our daughters." (For the {Israelites} swore, saying, "Cursed be [anyone] who gives a wife to Benjamin.")

And do not turn aside after the triviality, which have no value and cannot deliver, for they are triviality.

Now no skilled craftsman could be found in all the land of Israel, for [the] Philistines had said, "So that the Hebrews cannot make swords or spears for themselves."

Then Samuel said to Jesse, "{Are all the young men here}?" And he said, "The youngest still remains, but look, he [is] shepherding the flock." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him, for we cannot {sit down} until he comes here."

The king and his men went to Jerusalem, to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land. They said to David, "You will not come here, for even the blind and the lame can turn you back, saying, 'David cannot come here.'"

David had said, "On that day {when we attack the Jebusites}, one must attack the lame and the blind, [those] who hate the soul of David, by [means of] the water supply." For thus the blind and the lame would say, "He cannot come into the house."

But now he [is] dead. Why [should I be] fasting? [Am] I able to return him again? I [am] going to him, but he cannot return to me."

For {we must certainly die}, and [we are] as the waters spilled to the ground which cannot be gathered. God will not take a life but devises plans for a banished person not to be cast out from him.

The king asked, "[Was] the hand of Joab with you in all of this?" The woman answered and said, "{As your soul lives}, my lord the king, surely [one cannot] go to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken. Yes, your servant Joab himself commanded me, and he put all of these words in the mouth of your servant.

But evil persons [are] like thorns cast aside; all of them, because they cannot be picked up in the hand.

Your servant [is] in the middle of your people whom you have chosen; a great people who cannot be counted or numbered because of abundance.

So the dead body of Jezebel became dung on the surface [spread] on the field in the plot of ground of Jezreel, so one cannot say, "This [is] Jezebel."

Now see, with great effort I have made provision for the house of Yahweh: 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron [that] cannot be weighed, for there is an abundance. Also timber and stone I have provided, but to these you should add.

"But will God indeed dwell with humankind upon the earth? Look, the heavens and {the highest heavens} cannot contain you! Surely then this house that I have built [will not contain you!]

{If it pleases} the king, let {a royal edict} go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media so that it will not be altered, that Vashti cannot come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to her neighbor who [is] better than she.

Write {as you see fit} concerning the Jews in the name of the king, and seal [it] with the king's signet ring; for a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's signet ring cannot be revoked."

If he wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one [time] in a thousand.

whom I cannot answer, even though I am righteous? From my judge I must implore grace.

If he tears down, then it will not be rebuilt; if he shuts a man in, then he cannot be freed.

Should he argue in talk [that] is not profitable or [in] words with which he cannot do good?

{He cannot trust that he will return} from darkness, and he himself is destined for [the] sword.

He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass; and he has set darkness upon my paths.

[As for] me, [is] my complaint for human beings? And if [so], why cannot I be impatient?

or [it is so] dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

"When I go forward, {he is not there}, or backward, I cannot see him.

{When he works} [on the] left, {I cannot perceive} [him]; he turns to [the] right, but I cannot see [him].

Yet he carries off [the] tyrants by his strength; [if] he rises up, then he cannot be certain of life.

"Refined gold cannot be gotten in its place, and silver cannot be weighed out [as] its price.

It cannot be bought for the gold of Ophir, for precious onyx or sapphire.

Gold and glass cannot be compared with it, and its substitution [cannot be] an ornament of refined gold.

The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be bought for pure gold.

teach me yourself {what I cannot see}; if I have done wrong, I will not repeat [it]'?

"God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things, and we cannot comprehend.

"Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of [the] presence of darkness.

[As for] Shaddai, we cannot attain him; [he is] exalted [in] power, and he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.

With roar and rage {it races over the ground}, and it cannot stand still at [the] sound of [the] horn.

They are close {to one another}-- even [the] air cannot come between them.

They are joined {one to another}; they cling together and cannot be separated.

For you [are] not a God [who] desires wickedness. Evil cannot dwell with you.

All [the] {healthy ones} of [the] earth will eat and worship. Before him all [of] those descending [into the] dust will kneel, even he [who] cannot keep his soul alive.

But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.

Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom

Let their eyes be dark so they cannot see, and make their loins continually tremble.

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

You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable to them. [I am] confined and cannot go out.

they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

[they have] their hands, but they cannot feel, their feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot utter a sound in their throats.

[with] which a reaper cannot fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his {arms},

they have ears, but cannot hear; there is not even breath in their mouths.

[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot [prevail] against it.

Let burning coals fall on them; let them be dropped into the fire, into bottomless pits [from which] they cannot rise.

What is twisted cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

All his days [are] painful, his labor [brings] grief, and his heart cannot rest at night. This also [is] vanity!

Whatever is--it was already determined, {what will be--it has already been decided}. As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him.

Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house {for love}, he would be utterly scorned.

You must not {continue} to bring offerings of futility, incense--it [is] an abomination to me; new moon and Sabbath, [the] calling of a convocation-- I cannot endure iniquity with [solemn] assembly.

We became pregnant, we writhed; we gave birth [to] wind. We cannot bring about deliverance [on the] earth, and no inhabitants of [the] world are born.

Everyone will start to stink because of a people [that] cannot profit them, not for help and not for profiting, but for shame and also for disgrace."

An oracle of the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, [of] lioness and lion, {among} them [are] snake and flying serpent; they carry their wealth on [the] {backs} of male donkeys and their treasures on [the] humps of camels, to a people [that] cannot profit [them].

You will not see [the] insolent people, [the] people {whose language is too obscure to understand}, [whose] stammering of tongue {cannot be understood}.

Rather, there Yahweh [will be] mighty for us, a place of rivers [and] {broad streams}, a galley ship with oars cannot go in it, and a mighty ship cannot pass through it.

For Sheol cannot praise you; death [cannot] praise you. Those who go down [to the] pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

And [the] artisan encourages [the] {goldsmith}, [the] one who makes smooth with [the] hammer [encourages the] one who strikes [the] anvil, saying of the soldering, "It [is] good!" And they strengthen it with nails [so] it cannot be knocked over.

who brings out chariot and horse, army and mighty one. Together they lie down; they cannot rise. They are extinguished, quenched like wick.

Who would form a god and cast an image of [which] he cannot profit?

They do not know, and they do not understand, for their eyes [are] besmeared {so that they cannot see}, their {minds} {so that they have no insight}.

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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