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Can
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or see ABILITY , B, No. 1.
is translated "I can do" in Philippians 4:13; see ABLE , B. No. 4.
"to have," is translated "could" in Mark 14:8 , lit., "she hath done what she had;" in Luke 14:14 , for the AV, "cannot," the RV has "they have not wherewith;" in Acts 4:14 , "could say nothing against" is, lit., "had nothing to say against;" in Hebrews 6:13 , "he could swear" is, lit., "He had (by none greater) to swear." See ABLE , HAVE.
"to know," is so rendered in the RV of Matthew 16:3 , "ye know how to," for AV, "ye can" (dunamai is used in the next sentence). This verb represents knowledge as the effect of experience. In Acts 21:37 , for "canst thou speak Greek?" the RV has "dost ..." See ALLOW , KNOW.
"to know by perception," is the word in Pilate's remark "make it as sure as ye can" (marg. "sure, as ye know"), Matthew 27:65 . The phrases "cannot tell," "canst not tell," etc. are in the RV rendered "know not," etc., Matthew 21:27; Mark 11:33; Luke 20:7; John 3:8; 8:14; 16:18; 2 Corinthians 12:2,3 . See KNOW.
meaning "it is," is translated "we cannot," in Hebrews 9:5 , lit., "it is not possible (now to speak);" so in 1 Corinthians 11:20; see margin.
"to accept, admit, allow of," is used impersonally in Luke 13:33 , "it can (not) be," i.e., it is not admissible.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Can'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/can.html. 1940.
