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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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Zechariah 4:3
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 4:3 · retained source text

And two Oliue trees by it, one vpon the right side of the bowle, and the other vpon the left side thereof.

Zechariah 4:11
¶ Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 4:11 · retained source text

¶ Then answered I, and said vnto him; What are these two oliue trees vpon the right side of the candlesticke, and vpon the left side thereof?

Zechariah 12:6
¶ In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 12:6 · retained source text

¶ In that day will I make the gouernours of Iudah like a harth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheafe; and they shall deuoure all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Ierusalem shall bee inhabited againe in her owne place, euen in Ierusalem.

Zechariah 13:8
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 13:8 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off, and die, but the third shall be left therein.

Zechariah 14:16
¶ And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 14:16 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe that euery one that is left of all the nations which came against Ierusalem, shall euen goe vp from yeere to yeere to worship the King the LORD of hostes, and to keepe the feast of Tabernacles.

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Past tense and past participle of leave.

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