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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 11:8

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Ezekiel 1:10
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:10 · retained source text

As for the likenesse of their faces, they foure had the face of a man, and the face of a lyon on the right side, and they foure had the face of an oxe on the left side: they foure also had the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 4:4
Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:4 · retained source text

Lie thou also vpon thy left side, and lay the iniquitie of the house of Israel vpon it: according to the number of the dayes that thou shalt lie vpon it, thou shalt beare their iniquitie.

Ezekiel 9:8
¶ And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 9:8 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell vpon my face, and cryed and said, Ah, LORD God, wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel, in thy powring out of thy fury vpon Ierusalem?

Ezekiel 14:22
¶ Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 14:22 · retained source text

¶ Yet behold, therein shalbe left a remnant that shalbe brought foorth, both sonnes and daughters: behold, they shall come foorth vnto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shalbe comforted concerning the euill that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem, euen concerning all that I haue brought vpon it.

Ezekiel 16:46
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:46 · retained source text

And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters, that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lesser then thou.

Ezekiel 21:16
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:16 · retained source text

Goe thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoeuer thy face is set.

1611 marginal noteHeb. set thy selfe, take the left hand.

Ezekiel 23:8
Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 23:8 · retained source text

Neither left she her whoredomes brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginitie, and powred their whoredome vpon her.

Ezekiel 24:21
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:21 · retained source text

Speake vnto the house of Israel; Thus saith the LORD God; Behold, I will prophane my sanctuarie, the excellencie of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soule pitieth; and your sonnes and your daughters, whom yee haue left, shall fall by the sword.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the pitie of your soule.

Ezekiel 31:12
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:12 · retained source text

And strangers, the terrible of the nations haue cut him off, and haue left him: vpon the mountaines and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughes are broken by all the riuers of the land, and all the people of the earth are gone downe from his shadow, and haue left him.

Ezekiel 36:36
Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:36 · retained source text

Then the heathen that are left round about you, shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD haue spoken it, and I wil doe it.

1611 marginal noteChap.17.24. and 22.14. and 37.14.

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Past tense and past participle of leave.

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