16 occurrences

'Able' in the Bible

and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Calling And LifeLiving TogetherPeople Providing

And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalDust, Figurative UseUncountableNumerous As DustImpossible For People

and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'

Verse ConceptsAbrahamFruitfulness, NaturalAn Innumerable NumberNumberingFaith, Growth InAstronomyJacob, Life And Character OfStarsProsperity PromisedUncountableImpossible For PeopleLooking And SeeingOutside The HouseDescendants of

haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.

Verse ConceptsHasteImpotence Of GodSmall ThingsHurrying Others On

And Laban answereth -- Bethuel also -- and they say, 'The thing hath gone out from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good;

Verse ConceptsGod In Relation To ManUnable To Harm

And they say, 'We are not able, till that all the droves be gathered together, and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and we have watered the flock.'

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesRollingUnable To Do Other Things

and she saith unto her father, 'Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women is on me;' and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim.

Verse ConceptsMenstruationBleedingSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot FindingNot Able To Get Upwomanhood

and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him;

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesInjuryTouchWeakness, PhysicalDislocatingThighsTouching To HarmWrestlingmuscles

and say unto them, 'We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it is a reproach to us.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsUncircumcisionImpossible For PeopleNamed SistersUnable To Do Other Things

for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialPeople ProvidingWealthy Peoplepossessions

and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak to him peaceably.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsGrudgesHatredJealousyPersecution, Forms OfSpiteSuffering, Causes OfHatred Between RelativesHating IndividualsNo PeaceMan's FavouriteBrothers Lovefriendliness

And he commandeth him who is over his house, saying, 'Fill the bags of the men with food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of Money

and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathPeople Abandoning People

and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.

Verse ConceptsNot With People

And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, 'Put out every man from me;' and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren,

Verse ConceptsActing AloneGroups Sent AwayPeople Made KnownIdentity

And Joseph saith unto his brethren, 'I am Joseph, is my father yet alive?' and his brethren have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at his presence.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGuilty FearThis Is MeLiving OnOthers Not AnsweringFear Of IndividualsIdentity

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