Definition

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

Etymology

or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• be able
• any at all (ways)
• attain
• can (away with
• (-not))
• could
• endure
• might
• overcome
• have power
• prevail
• still
• suffer

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.