10 occurrences

'Able' in the Bible

And the fish that [were] in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, and [the] Egyptians were not able to drink water from the Nile, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsTurned To BloodDeath Of CreaturesUnable To Do Other ThingsRiver Nile

And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring out the gnats, but they were not able, and the gnats were on the humans and on the animals.

Verse ConceptsSorcery And MagicFliesBoth Men And Animals AffectedUnable To Do Other Thingsmagic

And the magicians were not able to stand before Moses because of the skin sores, for the skin sores were on the magicians and on all [the] Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsPain

And they will cover the surface of the land, and no one will be able to see the land, and they will eat the remainder of what is left--what is left over for you from the hail--and they will eat every sprouting tree [belonging] to you from the field.

Verse ConceptsCovering The EarthRemaining FoodAnimals EatingHarming Trees

And they baked the dough that they had brought out from Egypt [as] cakes, unleavened bread, because it had no yeast when they were driven out from Egypt, and they were not able to delay, and also they had not made provisions for themselves.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadBread, Kinds OfDoughBakingUnleavened BreadYeastBaking BreadHurrying Others On

And they came to Marah, and they were not able to drink water from Marah because it was bitter. Therefore {it was named} Marah.

Verse ConceptsPoisonBitter WaterPeople Naming ThingsBitterness

Surely you will wear out, both you and this people who [are] with you, because the thing [is too] {difficult} for you. You are not able to do it alone.

Verse ConceptsPeople Wearing OutImpossible For PeopleNot AloneHard Tasks

If you will do this thing and God will command you, [then] you will be able to endure, and also each of the people will go to his home in peace."

Verse ConceptsStanding Firm

And Moses said to Yahweh, "The people are not able to go up to Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, saying, 'Set limits [around] the mountain and consecrate it.'"

Verse ConceptsBoundariesHoliness, Believers' Growth InGoing Up Mountainslimitations

Related Words

Bible Theasaurus

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