Leave

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: left, leave, leaving. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “leave” or one of its forms.

• יָצָא yâtsâ62
• ἀφίημι aphíēmi52
• שָׁאַר shâar50
• שְׂמֹאול semôwl45
• עָזַב âzab44
• ἐξέρχομαι exérchomai36
• יָתַר yâthar34
• הָלַךְ hâlak31
• נוּחַ nûach19
• καταλείπω kataleípō18
• ἀπέρχομαι apérchomai8
• εὐώνυμος euṓnymos8

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 62 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb  ·  Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78

  Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

  Exodus 5:20 When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

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• שָׁאַר shâarremain, be left overtranslated this way 50 times of its 126 uses · Strong’s H7604Verb  ·  Translated: left 24, remained 19, remain 15, survive 8

  Genesis 42:38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

  Exodus 10:5 They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.

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• שְׂמֹאול semôwlthe lefttranslated this way 45 times of its 53 uses · Strong’s H8040Noun  ·  Translated: left 35, north 8, left hand 7, go to the left 1

  Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

  Exodus 14:22 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

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• עָזַב âzableave, forsake, loosetranslated this way 44 times of its 214 uses · Strong’s H5800Verb  ·  Translated: forsaken 47, forsake 36, leave 23, abandoned 22

  Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

  Exodus 9:21 but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.

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• יָתַר yâtharremain overtranslated this way 34 times of its 106 uses · Strong’s H3498Verb  ·  Translated: left 24, rest 12, remaining 11, remainder 8

  Genesis 32:24 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

  Exodus 10:15 They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

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• הָלַךְ hâlakgo, come, walktranslated this way 31 times of its 1,461 uses · Strong’s H1980Verb  ·  Translated: go 338, went 173, walk 116, Come 84

  Genesis 12:1 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

  Exodus 3:21 And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.

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• נוּחַ nûachresttranslated this way 19 times of its 140 uses · Strong’s H5117Verb  ·  Translated: rest 20, leave 10, placed 9, set 7

  Genesis 42:33 Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.

  Leviticus 7:15 The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.

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• נָקָה nâqâhbe empty(?), cleantranslated this way 7 times of its 36 uses · Strong’s H5352Verb  ·  Translated: go unpunished 10, leave anyone unpunished 2, leave the guilty unpunished 2, acquit 2

  Exodus 20:7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

  Numbers 14:18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

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• רָפָה râphâhsink, relaxtranslated this way 7 times of its 44 uses · Strong’s H7503Verb  ·  Translated: leave 4, abandon 3, go 3, Withdraw 2

  Deuteronomy 9:14 Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”

  Joshua 1:5 No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

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• נָטַשׁ nâṭashleave, forsake, permittranslated this way 7 times of its 40 uses · Strong’s H5203Verb  ·  Translated: forsake 6, abandoned 5, spread 5, forsaken 4

  1 Samuel 17:20 So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.

  Psalm 27:9 Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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• סוּר sûrturn asidetranslated this way 6 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H5493Verb  ·  Translated: removed 46, remove 38, turn away 23, turn aside 16

  Judges 14:8 When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.

  2 Chronicles 33:8 I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses— all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”

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• שָׂמַאל sâmaltake the lefttranslated this way 5 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H8041Verb  ·  Translated: left 4, go to the left 1

  Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

  2 Samuel 14:19 So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

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• שְׂמָאלִי semâlîleft, on the lefttranslated this way 5 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s H8042Adjective  ·  Translated: left 5, north 4

  Leviticus 14:15 Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,

  Ezekiel 4:4 Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.

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• יָשַׁב yâshabsit, remain, dwelltranslated this way 5 times of its 1,049 uses · Strong’s H3427Verb  ·  Translated: lived 103, dwell 89, live 84, sit 70Full study and all 960 verses →
• נָתַן nâthangive, put, settranslated this way 4 times of its 1,957 uses · Strong’s H5414Verb  ·  Translated: give 326, gave 206, given 187, put 135

  Genesis 25:5 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

  Genesis 38:17 “I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”

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• יֶתֶר yetherremainder, excellence, excesstranslated this way 4 times of its 97 uses · Strong’s H3499Noun  ·  Translated: rest 64, remnant 6, bowstrings 3, left 3

  Exodus 23:11 but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

  Joel 1:4 What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

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• מוּשׁ mûshdepart, removetranslated this way 4 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H4185Verb  ·  Translated: depart 4, leave 3, departed 2, removed 2

  Exodus 13:22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.

  Psalm 55:11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

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• שָׁבַת shâbathcease, desist, resttranslated this way 4 times of its 71 uses · Strong’s H7673Verb  ·  Translated: put an end 13, cease 5, rest 5, rested 4

  Leviticus 2:13 And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.

  Ruth 4:14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.

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• לֹא lônottranslated this way 4 times of its 4,657 uses · Strong’s H3808Adverb  ·  Translated: no 309, not 269, never 218, will not 156Full study and all 3,775 verses →
• שְׁבַק shebaqleave, let alonetranslated this way 4 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H7662Verb  ·  Translated: leave 3, alone 1, left 1

  Daniel 2:44 In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

  Daniel 4:15 But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.

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• נָסַע nâsapull out or up, set out, journeytranslated this way 4 times of its 146 uses · Strong’s H5265Verb  ·  Translated: set 91, journeyed 4, moved 4, pulled 4

  Exodus 17:1 Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

  Joshua 3:1 Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

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• עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 3 times of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb  ·  Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42

  Genesis 19:30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains — for he was afraid to stay in Zoar — where they lived in a cave.

  Exodus 1:10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

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• הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 3 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
• שָׁלַךְ shâlakthrow, fling, casttranslated this way 3 times of its 126 uses · Strong’s H7993Verb  ·  Translated: cast 27, threw 20, throw 16, thrown 10

  Genesis 21:15 When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

  1 Kings 13:24 As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

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• עוֹד ôda going round, continuancetranslated this way 3 times of its 390 uses · Strong’s H5750Adverb  ·  Translated: longer 80, still 63, again 52, more 38

  Genesis 31:14 And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?

  2 Samuel 9:3 So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”

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• שָׁלַח shâlachsendtranslated this way 2 times of its 829 uses · Strong’s H7971Verb  ·  Translated: sent 334, send 126, go 43, sending 19

  Exodus 11:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.

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• חָדַל châdalceasetranslated this way 2 times of its 57 uses · Strong’s H2308Verb  ·  Translated: stopped 9, stop 6, refrain 5, cease 4

  Exodus 14:12 Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

  Job 7:16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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• נָחַל nâchalget or take as a possessiontranslated this way 2 times of its 58 uses · Strong’s H5157Verb  ·  Translated: inheritance 11, inherit 7, receive an inheritance 3, possess 2

  Leviticus 25:46 You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

  1 Chronicles 28:8 So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

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• חָיָה châyâhlivetranslated this way 2 times of its 265 uses · Strong’s H2421Verb  ·  Translated: live 96, lived 24, was 17, revive 14

  Deuteronomy 20:16 However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

  1 Samuel 27:9 Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,

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• שָׁכֹל shâkôlbe bereavedtranslated this way 2 times of its 22 uses · Strong’s H7921Verb  ·  Translated: miscarry 3, bereaved 2, childless 2, bereave 2

  Ezekiel 5:17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”

  Ezekiel 14:15 Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,

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• יָרַד yâradcome or go down, descendtranslated this way 2 times of its 372 uses · Strong’s H3381Verb  ·  Translated: went 56, go 55, come 35, came 26

  Genesis 38:1 About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

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• קוּם qûmarise, stand up, standtranslated this way 2 times of its 594 uses · Strong’s H6965Verb  ·  Translated: rise 68, got 61, set 44, Get 42Full study and all 570 verses →
• פָּנָה pânâhturntranslated this way 2 times of its 128 uses · Strong’s H6437Verb  ·  Translated: turned 27, turn 21, facing 11, turn back 4Full study and all 122 verses →
• הֵנָּה hênnâhhithertranslated this way 2 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s H2008Adverb  ·  Translated: here 21, since 2, there 2, right 2Full study and all 34 verses →
• שָׂרִיד sârîdsurvivortranslated this way 2 times of its 27 uses · Strong’s H8300Noun  ·  Translated: survivors 13, survivor 5, remaining 2, survived 2Full study and all 27 verses →
• אַיִן ayinnothing, noughttranslated this way 2 times of its 744 uses · Strong’s H369Adverb  ·  Translated: there is no 55, no 54, without 54, nothing 40Full study and all 660 verses →
• מָה mâhwhat? how? aughttranslated this way 2 times of its 708 uses · Strong’s H4100Interrogative  ·  Translated: what 313, why 183, how 80, many 5Full study and all 618 verses →
• שְׁאָר sheârrest, remaindertranslated this way 2 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H7606Noun  ·  Translated: rest 7, elsewhere 2, whatever was left 2, anything else 1Full study and all 10 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ἀφίημι aphíēmiI send away, release, remit, forgive, permittranslated this way 52 times of its 142 uses · Strong’s G863Verb  ·  Translated: left 36, forgive 22, forgiven 22, let 12Full study and all 130 verses →
• ἐξέρχομαι exérchomaiI go out, come outtranslated this way 36 times of its 215 uses · Strong’s G1831Verb  ·  Translated: went 56, came 26, left 23, come 23Full study and all 209 verses →
• καταλείπω kataleípōI leave behind, abandontranslated this way 18 times of its 24 uses · Strong’s G2641Verb  ·  Translated: left 12, leave 4, Leaving 2Full study and all 24 verses →
• ἀπέρχομαι apérchomaiI come or go away from, depart, returntranslated this way 8 times of its 114 uses · Strong’s G565Verb  ·  Translated: went 30, go 21, went away 19, left 5Full study and all 113 verses →
• εὐώνυμος euṓnymoson the left-hand side, lefttranslated this way 8 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s G2176Adjective  ·  Translated: left 8Full study and all 8 verses →
• ἐκπορεύομαι ekporeúomaiI journey out, come forthtranslated this way 5 times of its 32 uses · Strong’s G1607Verb  ·  Translated: come 6, went 3, comes 3, leaving 3Full study and all 32 verses →
• ἀφίστημι aphístēmiI lead away, seduce, depart, abstain fromtranslated this way 5 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G868Verb  ·  Translated: left 3Full study and all 14 verses →
• περισσεύω perisseúōI exceed, am left overtranslated this way 5 times of its 37 uses · Strong’s G4052Verb  ·  Translated: left 5, abound 5, excel 5, abundance 3Full study and all 33 verses →
• μεταβαίνω metabaínōI leave, depart, remove, pass overtranslated this way 4 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s G3327Verb  ·  Translated: leave 3, Moving 2, Move 2Full study and all 11 verses →
• χωρίζω chōrízōI separate, departtranslated this way 3 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s G5563Verb  ·  Translated: separate 5, leave 2Full study and all 12 verses →
• ἀριστερός aristeróson the left handtranslated this way 3 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G710Adjective  ·  Translated: left 3, in 1Full study and all 4 verses →
• ἀνίστημι anístēmiI raise up, set up, rise fromtranslated this way 3 times of its 107 uses · Strong’s G450Verb  ·  Translated: got 20, Get 16, rise 14, stood 11Full study and all 106 verses →
• πορεύομαι poreúomaiI travel, journey, gotranslated this way 3 times of its 147 uses · Strong’s G4198Verb  ·  Translated: go 59, went 22, going 10, way 8Full study and all 141 verses →
• ἀπολείπω apoleípōI leave, leave behind, desert, am reservedtranslated this way 3 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s G620Verb  ·  Translated: left 3, remains 3, abandoned 1Full study and all 7 verses →
• ὑπάγω hypágōI go away, departtranslated this way 2 times of its 79 uses · Strong’s G5217Verb  ·  Translated: go 42, going 22, went 2, Get 2Full study and all 75 verses →
• ἔξειμι éxeimiI go out, departtranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G1826Verb  ·  Translated: leaving 1, leave 1, get 1Full study and all 3 verses →

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.