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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:24

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Malachi 4:1

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FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Malachi 4:1 · retained source text

¶ For beholde, the day commeth, that shall burne as an ouen, and all the proud, yea and all that doe wickedly shalbe stubble: and the day that commeth, shal burne them vp, saith the LORD of hostes, that it shall leaue them neither roote nor branch.

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)