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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.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
115 occurrences112 verses39 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:24

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Leviticus 22:30
On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 22:30 · retained source text

On the same day it shall be eaten vp, ye shall leaue none of it vntill the morrow: I am the LORD.

1611 marginal noteChap. 7.15.

Leviticus 23:22
¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 23:22 · retained source text

¶ And when ye reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not make cleane riddance of the corners of the field, when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy haruest: thou shalt leaue them vnto the poore, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

1611 marginal noteChap. 19.9.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 24.19.

Numbers 9:12
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 9:12 · retained source text

They shall leaue none of it vnto the morning, nor breake any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the Passeouer they shall keepe it.

1611 marginal noteExod. 12.46. ioh. 19.36.

Numbers 10:31
And he said, leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 10:31 · retained source text

And he said, Leaue vs not, I pray thee, forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encampe in the wilderuesse, and thou mayest bee to vs in stead of eyes.

Numbers 22:13
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 22:13 · retained source text

And Balaam rose vp in the morning, and said vnto the Princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to giue mee leaue to goe with you.

Numbers 32:15
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:15 · retained source text

For if yee turne away from after him, hee will yet againe leaue them in the wildernesse, and ye shall destroy all this people.

Deuteronomy 28:51
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:51 · retained source text

And hee shall eat the fruit of thy cattell, and the fruit of thy land, vntill thou be destroyed: which also shall not leaue thee either corne, wine, or oyle, or the increase of thy kine, or flockes of thy sheepe, vntill he haue destroyed thee.

Deuteronomy 28:54
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:54 · retained source text

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shalbe euill toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosome, and towards the remnant of his children which he shall leaue:

Joshua 4:3
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 4:3 · retained source text

And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the mids of Iordan, out of the place where the Priests feet stood firme, twelue stones, and yee shal cary them ouer with you, and leaue them in the lodging place where you shall lodge this night.

Judges 9:9
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 9:9 · retained source text

But the Oliue tree saide vnto them, Should I leaue my fatnesse, wherewith by mee they honour God and man, and goe to bee promoted ouer the trees?

1611 marginal noteOr, goe vp and downe for other trees.

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