Could in the Bible: 166 times in the King James Version

Operator / Syntax	Description	Example Query & Result
`+` (or space)	Logical AND: Finds verses containing all terms. Note that searching words separated only by a space behaves as an exact phrase. Use `+` to find terms anywhere in the same verse.	`jesus + wept` Finds verses containing both "jesus" and "wept" in any order.
`-`	Logical NOT / Exclude: Excludes verses containing the term after the minus sign.	`jesus - wept` Finds verses containing "jesus" but NOT "wept".
`\|`	Logical OR: Finds verses containing either term.	`grace \| mercy` Finds verses containing "grace", "mercy", or both.
`%`	Multi-character Wildcard: Matches zero or more non-space characters.	`behav%` Matches "behave", "behaved", "behaveth", "behavior", etc.
`_`	Single-character Wildcard: Matches exactly one single alphabetical character.	`h_t` Matches "hat", "hot", "hit", etc.
`" "`	Exact Phrase: Wraps a search term in double quotes to find an exact match for the entire phrase.	`"in the beginning"` Finds verses containing exactly "in the beginning" with no variations.
`[Book]`	Search Scope: Restricts your search to a specific book, range of books, or chapter range.	`lord [Matt]` (Only Matthew) `faith [Heb - Jam]` (Hebrews to James) `spirit [Matt 4 - 8]` (Matthew Ch. 4 to 8) `love [John 1:1 - 3:16]` (Specific range)

Concordance › C

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.

8 verses in Judges Show all

Judges

1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
3:22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
17:8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

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could KJV

Translated from 48 Hebrew and 17 Greek words

Through the Bible 111 Old Testament, 55 New

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