10 occurrences

'Able' in the Bible

Now all Moab, hearing that the kings had come to make war against them, got together all who were able to take up arms and went forward to the edge of the country.

And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine Hundredvulnerability

So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.

Verse ConceptsHousesRoofSmallnessTablesBedsUpper Roomsspacecouplespoop

Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathMan Of GodDeath Of A Family MemberWeedcookingpot

Then Naaman said, If you will not, then let there be given to your servant as much earth as two beasts are able to take on their backs; because from now on, your servant will make no offering or burned offering to other gods, but only to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsMulesRight SacrificesWeights Of Other Things

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Kinds OfSeven Years

And the dead body of Jezebel will be like waste dropped on the face of the earth in the heritage of Jezreel; so that they will not be able to say, This is Jezebel.

Verse ConceptsdirtDefecationIndividuals Passing AwayCorpses Of Other Peoplejezebel

Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.

Verse ConceptsActual Attacks On JerusalemList Of Kings Of Israelsyria

And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

Verse ConceptsBackNegotiationTwo ThousandRiding Horses

And all the men of war, seven thousand of them, and a thousand expert workmen and metal-workers, all of them strong and able to take up arms, the king of Babylon took away as prisoners into Babylon.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToCarpentersSeven Thousand

Related Words

Bible Theasaurus

Able-Bodied (2 instances)
Capable (45 instances)
Clever (25 instances)
Powerful (220 instances)

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