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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Ruth 1:16

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And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ruth 1:16 · retained source text

And Ruth said, Intreate mee not to leaue thee, or to returne from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will goe; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

1611 marginal noteOr, be not against me.

Ruth 2:16

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And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

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1611 witness · Ruth 2:16 · retained source text

And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leaue them that she may gleane them, and rebuke her not.

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)