10 occurrences in 13 translations

'Able' in the Bible

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

Verse ConceptsImpossible For PeopleRubbishNo Strength LeftTired In Activity

and I said to them: "We ourselves have bought back our brothers the Jews who were sold to the nations as we were able. But now you yourselves have sold your brothers so they may be sold to us!" They were silent and could not find a word [to say].

And I send unto them messengers, saying, 'A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutLazinessCessationGreat Things

And these are those coming up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer -- and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they are of Israel --

So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.)

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtHoliness, As Set Apart For GodLiteracyMonth 7

He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.

Verse ConceptsDawnNoonBible, Names OfNamed GatesReading The Bible

And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingReading The ScripturesReading The Bible

The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God—

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil PeopleSingersPeople With KnowledgeTemple Assistants

All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able men.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five Hundred

As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but the language of his own people.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfSpeech

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
πᾶς 
Pas 
all , all things , every , all men , whosoever , everyone , whole , all manner of , every man , no Trans , every thing , any , whatsoever , whosoever 9 , always , daily , any thing , no , not tr ,
Usage: 704

ὑποστρέφω 
Hupostrepho 
Usage: 31

מעל 
Ma`al 
Usage: 140

פּוּץ 
Puwts 
Usage: 67

קשׁת 
Qesheth 
Usage: 75

שׁרץ 
Sharats 
Usage: 14

Ἀνανίας 
Ananias 
Usage: 9

ἀπάγω 
Apago 
Usage: 11

ἀπωθέομαι ἀπώομαι 
Apotheomai 
Usage: 6

ἐπικαλέομαι 
Epikaleomai 
call on , be surname , be surnamed , call upon , appeal unto , call , appeal to , appeal
Usage: 32

ἐπιμένω 
Epimeno 
Usage: 18

ἐπιποθέω 
Epipotheo 
Usage: 9

κακεῖνος 
Kakeinos 
and he , and they , he also , and them , and the other , and him , they also , him also ,
Usage: 9

οὐδείς 
Oudeis 
no man , nothing , none , no , any man , any , man , neither any man ,
Usage: 160

συμφωνέω 
Sumphoneo 
Usage: 2

υἱοθεσία 
Huiothesia 
Usage: 5

אהלות אהלים 
'ahaliym 
Usage: 4

אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

אלגּוּמּים 
'alguwmmiym 
Usage: 3

גּנב 
Ganab 
Usage: 40

גּרשׁ 
Garash 
Usage: 48

הדף 
Hadaph 
Usage: 11

זוּר 
Zuwr 
Usage: 77

זנח 
Zanach 
Usage: 20

זרה 
Zarah 
Usage: 39

חמשׁ 
Chamush 
Usage: 4

חרם חרם 
Cherem 
Usage: 38

ישׁישׁ 
Yashiysh 
Usage: 4

כּלח 
Kelach 
Usage: 2

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

מאוּמה 
M@uwmah 
Usage: 32

מל מואל מול מוּל 
Muwl 
Usage: 35

מי 
Miy 
who, any, whose, what, if any, whom
Usage: 418

מלו מלוא מלא 
M@lo' 
Usage: 37

מקק 
Maqaq 
Usage: 10

נבל 
Nabel 
Usage: 25

נדף 
Nadaph 
drive away , drive , thrust him down , shaken , driven to and fro , tossed to and fro
Usage: 9

נסג 
Nacag 
Usage: 9

נקמה 
N@qamah 
Usage: 27

נשׁק 
Nashaq 
Usage: 35

נתק 
Nathaq 
Usage: 27

סחף 
Cachaph 
Usage: 2

עמלקי 
`Amaleqiy 
Usage: 16

עצרת עצרה 
`atsarah 
Usage: 11

רגשׁ 
R@gash (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

רנן 
Ranan 
Usage: 54

שׁגה 
Shagah 
Usage: 21

שׁוּט 
Shuwt 
run to and fro , go to and fro , go about , gone , mariners , rowers , go through
Usage: 13

שׁלח 
Shalach 
send , go , forth , send away , lay , send out , put , put away , cast out , stretch out , cast , set , put out , depart , soweth , loose ,
Usage: 848

שׁמיר 
Shamiyr 
Usage: 11

שׁקד 
Shaqed 
Usage: 4

שׁקּץ שׁקּוּץ 
Shiqquwts 
Usage: 28

תּוּב 
Tuwb (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

תּעבה תּועבה 
Tow`ebah 
Usage: 117

תּפּוּח 
Tappuwach 
Usage: 6

αἴρω 
Airo 
take up , take away , take , away with , lift up , bear ,
Usage: 52

Ἀλφαῖος 
alphaios 
Usage: 5

ἀναγεννάω 
Anagennao 
Usage: 2

ἀναζάω 
Anazao 
Usage: 3

ἀνάστασις 
Anastasis 
Usage: 34

ἀναχωρέω 
Anachoreo 
Usage: 13

ἀνίστημι 
Anistemi 
arise , rise , rise up , rise again , raise up , stand up , raise up again ,
Usage: 86

ἀνταποκρίνομαι 
Antapokrinomai 
Usage: 2

ἀπαγγέλλω 
Apaggello 
Usage: 40

ἅπας 
Hapas 
Usage: 35

ἄπειμι 
Apeimi 
be absent , absent
Usage: 7

ἀπολογέομαι 
Apologeomai 
Usage: 8

ἀπολογία 
Apologia 
Usage: 8

ἀπολύω 
Apoluo 
Usage: 52

ἀποστρέφω 
Apostrepho 
Usage: 8

ἀφίστημι 
Aphistemi 
Usage: 13

διαβεβαιόομαι 
Diabebaioomai 
Usage: 2

διαφημίζω 
Diaphemizo 
Usage: 3

διΐσχυρίζομαι 
Diischurizomai 
Usage: 2

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

ἑβδομήκοντα 
hebdomekonta 
Usage: 5

ἐγείρω 
Egeiro 
rise , raise , arise , raise up , rise up , rise again , raise again ,
Usage: 101

ἐμπορεύομαι 
Emporeuomai 
buy and sell , make merchandise , vr buy and sell
Usage: 2

ἐναγκαλίζομαι 
Enagkalizomai 
take in arms , take up in arms
Usage: 2

ἐξαίρω 
Exairo 
Usage: 2

ἐπαύριον 
Epaurion 
Usage: 17

ἐπιχρίω 
Epichrio 
anoint , anoint 99
Usage: 2

ζάω 
Zao 
live , be alive , alive , quick , lively , not tr , , vr live
Usage: 115

ζηλόω 
Zeloo 
Usage: 10

ἤδη 
Ede 
Usage: 45

κἀγώ κἀμοί κἀμέ 
Kago 
and I , I also , so I , I , even I , me also ,
Usage: 39

καθώς 
Kathos 
as , even as , according as , when , according to , how , as well as
Usage: 141

κἀκεῖ 
Kakei 
Usage: 6

κατακαυχάομαι 
Katakauchaomai 
Usage: 4

κοιμάω 
Koimao 
sleep , fall asleep , be asleep , fall on sleep , be dead
Usage: 16

μέσος 
mesos 
Usage: 48

μετοικεσία 
metoikesia 
Usage: 4

μήπως μήπως 
mepos 
Usage: 12

μοιχεύω 
Moicheuo 
Usage: 6

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