Yᵉkêl — H3202

Definition

verb

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

1. to be able
1. (P'al)
1. to be able
2. to prevail

Usually translated as

be able, can, couldest, prevail

Origin

(Aramaic) or yᵉkîyl; (Aramaic), to H3201

• Yâkôl (H3201)

Occurrences

Yᵉkêl occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (11)

• Daniel 2:10 — The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can (יוּכַ֖ל) shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
• Daniel 2:27 — Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot (יָכְלִ֖ין) the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
• Daniel 2:47 — The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest (יְכֵ֔לְתָּ) reveal this secret.
• Daniel 3:17 — If it be so, our God whom we serve is able (יָכִ֖ל) to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
• Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can (יִכֻּ֥ל) deliver after this sort.
• Daniel 4:18 — This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able (יָכְלִ֤ין) to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
• Daniel 4:37 — Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able (יָכִ֖ל) to abase.
• Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst (תִיכּ֥וּל) make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst (תִּכ֨וּל) read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 6:4 — Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could (יָכְלִ֣ין) find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
• Daniel 6:20 — And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able (הַיְכִ֥ל) to deliver thee from the lions?
• Daniel 7:21 — I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;