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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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2 Samuel 14:19
And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 14:19 · retained source text

And the king said, Is not the hand of Ioab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soule liueth, my lord the king, none can turne to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy seruant Ioab, hee bade me, and he put all these wordes in the mouth of thine handmaid:

2 Samuel 15:16
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 15:16 · retained source text

And the king went foorth, and all his houshold after him: and the King left tenne women, which were concubines, to keepe the house.

1611 marginal noteHeb. at his feete.

2 Samuel 16:6
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 16:6 · retained source text

And he cast stones at Dauid, and at all the seruants of king Dauid: and all the people, and all the mighty men were on his right hand, and on his left.

2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 16:21 · retained source text

And Ahithophel said vnto Absalom, Goe in vnto thy fathers concubines, which he hath left to keepe the house, and all Israel shall heare that thou art abhorred of thy father, then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

2 Samuel 17:12
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 17:12 · retained source text

So shall wee come vpon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light vpon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him, there shall not be left so much as one.

2 Samuel 20:3
¶ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 20:3 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid came to his house at Ierusalem, and the king tooke the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in vnto them: so they were shut vp vnto the day of their death, liuing in widowhood.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a house of ward.

1611 marginal noteHebr. bound.

1611 marginal noteHebr. in widowhood of life.

1611 marginal noteChap. 16.22.

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
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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,

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Past tense and past participle of leave.

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