Could in the Bible: 166 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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could KJV

“Could” is in the King James Bible 166 times, in 163 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

יכל יכול yâkôl yâkôl 46 times
δύναμαι dunamai 29 times
ἰσχύω ischuō 8 times
מצא mâtsâ' 5 times
ידע yâda‛ 4 times
נכר nâkar 4 times
ἔχω echō 3 times
נצל nâtsal 3 times
εὑρίσκω heuriskō 2 times
οὐ ou 2 times
στέγω stegō 2 times
בּין bı̂yn 2 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 1 time

53 more, less often

כּהל kehal 2 times
ספר sâphar 2 times
עבר ‛âbar 2 times
עדר ‛âdar 2 times
עשׂה ‛âśâh 2 times
ἀδύνατος adunatos 1 time
ἀνέχομαι anechomai 1 time
ἀτενίζω atenizō 1 time
δυνατός dunatos 1 time
εἴδω eidō 1 time
ἐμβλέπω emblepō 1 time
εὔχομαι euchomai 1 time
μεθίστημι, μεθιστάνω methistēmi methistanō 1 time
οὐδέ oude 1 time
φέρω pherō̄ 1 time
ὠφελέω ōpheleō 1 time
אחז 'âchaz 1 time
אחר 'achar 1 time
אכל 'âkal 1 time
דּבר dâbar 1 time
הלך hâlak 1 time
חבר châbar 1 time
חזק châzaq 1 time
חיה châyâh 1 time
חקר châqar 1 time
יכל יכיל yekêl yekı̂yl 1 time
ילך yâlak 1 time
ימן yâman 1 time
יעל ya‛al 1 time
ישׁע yâsha‛ 1 time
כּוּן kûn 1 time
כּן kên 1 time
לא לוא לה lô' lô' lôh 1 time
לא לה lâ' lâh 1 time
מחיה michyâh 1 time
משּׂא maśśâ' 1 time
משׂכּית maśkı̂yth 1 time
נגד nâgad 1 time
נדד nâdad 1 time
נשׂא נסה nâśâ' nâsâh 1 time
עמד ‛âmad 1 time
עמם ‛âmam 1 time
ערך ‛ârak 1 time
פּרשׂ pâraś 1 time
פּתר pâthar 1 time
קוּם qûm 1 time
קלע qâla‛ 1 time
ראה râ'âh 1 time

And 5 others, each in a phrase with “could” a few times.

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Jonah

1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

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