Strong's Lexicon

H3202

H3202 — יְכֵל יְכִיל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

AramaicykelverbOccurrences: 14TWOT: 2769

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3202
Word:	יְכֵל יְכִיל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	Corresponding to H3201
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	14
Transliteration:	ykel
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yek-ale' ((Aramaic) or ykiyl (Aramaic) {yek-eel'}) v.
Meaning:	1. to be able 2. (literally) can, could 3. (morally) may, might
KJV Renderings:	be able, can, couldest, prevail.

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BDB9581

יְכִל (K^{§ 25, a}) β)) verb be able (Daniel) ( ᵑ7 ; Nabataean (rare) SAC⁶⁰; Egyptian Aramaic S-C^{E 8, 11}+; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic Schulth⁸³; Biblical Hebrew יָכֹל ); —

Pe`al

1. with Infinitive be able to do:Perfect 3 masculine singular יְכִל Dan 6:21 (subject God), 2 masculine singular יְכֵ֫לְתָּ Dan 2:47 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יוּכַל (Hebraism, K^{§ 43, 1. Beisp. b})) Dan 2:10, יִכֻּל Dan 3:29 (subject a god), 2 masculine singular תוכל Dan 5:16 (twice in verse) (<both Qr תִּכּוּל, K^l.c.); Participle יָכִל Dan 3:17; Dan 4:34 (both subject God); plural יָָֽכְּ לִין Dan 2:27; Dan 4:15; Dan 6:5.

2. prevail (Biblical Hebrew 2.) against (ל), Participle feminine singular יָָֽכְלָה Dan 7:21.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יכל (y’cheel)

Daniel 2:47

KJV: 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 reveal this secret.

EHCC: seeing thou coldest reveal this

Daniel 6:20

KJV: 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 to deliver thee from the lions?

EHCC: ( 21). צו thy God,...able to deliver thee

Daniel 2:10

KJV: The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

EHCC: not a man upon the earth that can

Daniel 3:29

KJV: 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 deliver after this sort.I make…: Chaldee, a decree is made by meany…: Chaldee, errorcut…: Chaldee, made pieces

EHCC: there is no other God that can deliver

Daniel 5:16

KJV: And I have heard of thee, that thou canst 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.make interpretations: Chaldee, interpret, etc

EHCC: that thow canst make interpretations,

Daniel 2:27

KJV: Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

EHCC: cannot the wise (men), the astrologers,

Daniel 3:17

KJV: If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

EHCC: our God whom we serve is able

Daniel 4:18

KJV: 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 to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

EHCC: 15). are not able to make known

Daniel 6:4

KJV: Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

EHCC: (5). they could find none occasion

Daniel 7:21

KJV: I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

EHCC: made war with the saints, and prevailed