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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 19:14
And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 19:14 · retained source text

And he sayd, I haue beene very iealous for the LORD God of hostes, because the children of Israel haue forsaken thy Couenant, throwen downe thine Altars, and slaine thy Prophets with the sword, and I, euen I onely am left, and they seeke my life, to take it away.

1 Kings 19:18
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 19:18 · retained source text

Yet I haue left me seuen thousand in Israel, all the knees which haue not bowed vnto Baal, and euery mouth which hath not kissed him.

1611 marginal noteOr, I will leaue.

1611 marginal noteRom. 11.4.

1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 19:20 · retained source text

And he left the oxen, and ranne after Eliiah, and said, Let mee, I pray thee, kisse my father and my mother, and then I wil follow thee: and he said vnto him, Goe backe againe; for what haue I done to thee?

1611 marginal noteHebr goe returne.

1 Kings 20:30
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:30 · retained source text

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the citie, and there a wall fell vpon twentie and seuen thousand of the men that were left: and Benhadad fled, and came into the citie, into an inner chamber.

1611 marginal noteOr, from chamber to chamber. Heb. into a chamber within a chamber.

1 Kings 21:21
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 21:21 · retained source text

Behold, I will bring euill vpon thee, and will take away thy posteritie, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut vp, and left in Israel,

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.10. 2.king. 9.8.

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 25.22.

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.10.

1 Kings 22:19
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 22:19 · retained source text

And he said, Heare thou therefore the word of the LORD: I sawe the LORD sitting on his Throne, and all the hoste of heauen standing by him, on his right hand and on his left.

2 Kings 3:25
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:25 · retained source text

And they beat downe the cities, and on euery good piece of land cast euery man his stone, and filled it, and they stopped all the welles of water, and felled all the good trees: onely in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof: howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vntill he left the stones thereof in Kirharaseth.

2 Kings 4:44
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:44 · retained source text

So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

2 Kings 7:7
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 7:7 · retained source text

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, euen the campe as it was, and fled for their life.

2 Kings 7:13
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 7:13 · retained source text

And one of his seruants answered, and said, Let some take, I pray thee, fiue of the horses that remaine, which are left in the citie: (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are euen as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed) and let vs send, and see.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in it.

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Past tense and past participle of leave.

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