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left

Meaning of “left”

Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
348 occurrences337 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 11:8

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1 Kings 7:21
And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 7:21 · retained source text

And he set vp the pillars in the porch of the temple: and hee set vp the right pillar, and called the name therof Iachin: and he set vp the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

1611 marginal noteThat is, he shall establish.

1611 marginal noteThat is, in it is strength

1611 marginal note2.Chr. 3.17.

1 Kings 7:39
And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 7:39 · retained source text

And he put fiue bases on the right side of the house, and fiue on the left side of the house: and he set the Sea on the right side of the house Eastward, ouer against the South.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shoulder.

1 Kings 7:47
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 7:47 · retained source text

And Solomon left all the vessels vnweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brasse found out.

1611 marginal noteHebr. for the exceeding multitude.

1611 marginal noteHebr. searched.

1 Kings 7:49
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 7:49 · retained source text

And the candlesticks of pure gold, fiue on the right side, and fiue on the left, before the Oracle, with the flowers, and the lampes, and the tongs of gold,

1 Kings 9:20
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 9:20 · retained source text

And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittittes, Perizzites, Hiuites, and Iebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

1 Kings 9:21
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 9:21 · retained source text

Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able vtterly to destroy, vpon those did Solomon leuie a tribute of bond-seruice vnto this day.

1 Kings 14:10
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 14:10 · retained source text

Therefore behold, I will bring euill vpon the house of Ieroboam, and will cut off from Ieroboam, him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut vp and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Ieroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

1611 marginal note1.King. 15.29.

1611 marginal noteChap. 21.21. 2.king. 9.8.

1 Kings 15:18
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 15:18 · retained source text

Then Asa tooke all the siluer and the golde that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the kings house, and deliuered them into the hand of his seruants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad the sonne of Tabrimon, the sonne of Hezion king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 16.2.

1 Kings 15:21
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 15:21 · retained source text

And it came to passe when Baasha heard thereof, that hee left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

1 Kings 15:29
And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 15:29 · retained source text

And it came to passe when hee raigned, that he smote all the house Ieroboam, hee left not to Ieroboam any that breathed, vntill hee had destroyed him, according vnto the saying of the LORD, which hee spake by his seruant Ahiiah the Shilonite:

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.10.

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Past tense and past participle of leave.

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