19 occurrences

'Capable' in the Bible

the land of Egypt is open before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They can live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

Verse ConceptsAbilityCompetence

If a man has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

Verse ConceptsStonesBeing Struck With StonesJudgement On Murderers

If a man has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

Verse ConceptsJudgement On Murderers

Now the man Jeroboam was capable, and Solomon noticed the young man because he was getting things done. So he appointed him over the entire labor force of the house of Joseph.

Verse ConceptsdiligenceDiligence, Results OfServants, GoodIndustry, Examples OfPromotionEntrustingForced Labour

and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of households. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God’s temple.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsThousands

Also, to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their ancestral houses because they were strong, capable men.

Verse ConceptsAbility

Shemaiah’s sons: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers Elihu and Semachiah were also capable men.

All of these were among the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brothers; they were capable men with strength for the work—62 from Obed-edom.

Verse ConceptsSixties

Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men—18.

Verse ConceptsEighteen

From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had assigned duties in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the Lord and for the service of the king.

Verse ConceptsThousands

From the Hebronites: Jerijah was the head of the Hebronites, according to the genealogical records of his ancestors. A search was made in the fortieth year of David’s reign and strong, capable men were found among them at Jazer in Gilead.

Verse ConceptsGenealogies

There were among Jerijah’s relatives, 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh as overseers in every matter relating to God and the king.

Verse ConceptsTwo Thousand

The total number of Perez’s descendants, who settled in Jerusalem, was 468 capable men.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five Hundred

and their relatives, capable men: 128. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim, was their chief.

Verse ConceptsA Hundred And Some

Will He bear a grudge forever?Will He be endlessly infuriated?”This is what you have said,but you have done the evil thingsyou are capable of.

Verse ConceptsGod Will No More Be Angry

young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom, knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace—and to teach them the Chaldean language and literature.

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceLanguagesLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureIntellectual KnowledgePeople Made PerfectAlphabetPeople With KnowledgeServing KingsEducationmathteenagerroyaltyHandsome Men

Bible Theasaurus

Capable (45 instances)
Experienced (75 instances)
Powerful (220 instances)
Subject (135 instances)

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