KJV dictionary & concordance

leave

Meaning of “leave”

1. To depart, cease from, abandon, forsake, release, permit, entrust, bequeath, cause or allow to remain, omit, exclude, or not take. 2. As a noun, permission or liberty to act, including permission to depart.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

115 occurrences112 verses39 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:24

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2 Samuel 14:7

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And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Samuel 14:7 · retained source text

And behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmayd, and they said, Deliuer him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew, and we will destroy the heire also: and so they shall quench my cole which is left, and shall not leaue to my husband neither name nor remainder vpon the earth.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vpon the face of the earth.

Complete reference index — all 112 verses

Genesis 2:24 Genesis 28:15 Genesis 33:15 Genesis 42:33 Genesis 44:22 Exodus 16:19 Exodus 23:11 Leviticus 7:15 Leviticus 16:23 Leviticus 19:10 Leviticus 22:30 Leviticus 23:22 Numbers 9:12 Numbers 10:31 Numbers 22:13 Numbers 32:15 Deuteronomy 28:51 Deuteronomy 28:54 Joshua 4:3 Judges 9:9 Judges 9:13 Ruth 1:16 Ruth 2:16 1 Samuel 9:5 1 Samuel 14:36 1 Samuel 20:6 1 Samuel 20:28 1 Samuel 25:22 2 Samuel 14:7 1 Kings 8:57 2 Kings 2:2 2 Kings 2:4 2 Kings 2:6 2 Kings 4:30 2 Kings 4:43 2 Kings 13:7 1 Chronicles 28:8 Ezra 9:8 Ezra 9:12 Nehemiah 5:10 Nehemiah 6:3 Nehemiah 10:31 Nehemiah 13:6 Job 9:27 Job 10:1 Job 39:11 Psalms 16:10 Psalms 17:14 Psalms 27:9 Psalms 37:33 Psalms 49:10 Psalms 119:121 Psalms 141:8 Proverbs 2:13 Proverbs 17:14 Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ecclesiastes 2:21 Ecclesiastes 10:4 Isaiah 10:3 Isaiah 65:15 Jeremiah 9:2 Jeremiah 14:9 Jeremiah 17:11 Jeremiah 18:14 Jeremiah 30:11 Jeremiah 44:7 Jeremiah 46:28 Jeremiah 48:28 Jeremiah 49:9 Jeremiah 49:11 Ezekiel 6:8 Ezekiel 12:16 Ezekiel 16:39 Ezekiel 22:20 Ezekiel 23:29 Ezekiel 29:5 Ezekiel 32:4 Ezekiel 39:2 Daniel 4:15 Daniel 4:23 Daniel 4:26 Hosea 12:14 Joel 2:14 Amos 5:3 Amos 5:7 Obadiah 1:5 Zephaniah 3:12 Malachi 4:1 Matthew 5:24 Matthew 18:12 Matthew 19:5 Matthew 23:23 Mark 5:13 Mark 10:7 Mark 12:19 Luke 11:42 Luke 15:4 Luke 19:44 John 14:18 John 14:27 John 16:28 John 16:32 John 19:38 Acts 2:27 Acts 6:2 Acts 18:18 Acts 21:6 1 Corinthians 7:13 2 Corinthians 2:13 Ephesians 5:31 Hebrews 13:5 Revelation 11:2

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Genesis 2:24 Numbers 9:12 1 Samuel 20:6 Ezra 9:8 Psalm 37:33 John 14:27 2 Corinthians 2:13 Revelation 11:2 Genesis 2 Deuteronomy 28:51 2 Kings 2:6 Psalms 27:9 Jeremiah 18:14 Daniel 4:23 Luke 11:42

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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To cease; to desist.

volume 2, leaf 49, column 1 (main_dictionary)