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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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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
The 1611 reading
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.

Matthew 4:20
And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 4:20 · retained source text

And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

Matthew 4:22
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 4:22 · retained source text

And they immediatly left the shippe and their father, and followed him.

Matthew 6:3
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:3 · retained source text

But when thou doest almes, let not thy left hand know, what thy right doeth:

Matthew 8:15
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 8:15 · retained source text

And he touched her hand, and the feuer left her: and she arose, and ministred vnto them.

Matthew 15:37
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 15:37 · retained source text

And they did all eate, and were filled: and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full.

Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 16:4 · retained source text

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a signe, and there shall no signe be giuen vnto it, but the signe of the Prophet Ionas. And hee left them, and departed.

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Past tense and past participle of leave.

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