What is the meaning of behold?

1. What type of word is behold?
2. What is the synonym of behold?
3. What is the opposite of behold?
4. What does Lord and behold mean?
5. What is beauty to behold?
6. What does thou mean in Old English?
7. What is the meaning of worthy for the eyes to behold?
8. How do you spell beheld?
9. How do you use low and behold?
10. Where did the saying lo and behold come from?

What type of word is behold?

Behold is a verb - Word Type.

What is the synonym of behold?

In this page you can discover 37 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for behold, like: look-at, observe, catch, perceive, consider, lay eyes on, see, look, view, discern and gaze.

What is the opposite of behold?

(miss) Opposite of to clearly comprehend something. miss. overlook. misunderstand. ignore.

What does Lord and behold mean?

'Lo and behold' is an idiom used to express surprise or wonder. It literally means 'look and see! ' As such, you would usually use it to tell someone about something surprising. For instance: Leo opened the safe, but, lo and behold, the money was gone!

What is beauty to behold?

1 the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and please the mind. 2 a very attractive and well-formed girl or woman. 3 Informal an outstanding example of its kind.

What does thou mean in Old English?

Definition of thou

(Entry 1 of 3) archaic. : the one addressed thou shalt have no other gods before me — Exodus 20:3 (King James Version) —used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and by Friends as the universal form of address to one person — compare thee, thine, thy, ye, you.

What is the meaning of worthy for the eyes to behold?

phrase. A person or thing that is particularly impressive or worth seeing.

How do you spell beheld?

simple past tense and past participle of behold.

How do you use low and behold?

Lo and behold or lo is used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all. He called the minister of the interior and, lo and behold, within about an hour, the prisoners were released. I looked and lo!

Where did the saying lo and behold come from?

The lo in the expression probably originated from the shortening of the word look, commonly seen in Middle English texts. Its presence in literature can be traced to at least as early as the 18th century. The literal meaning of the expression is "look and see", and it is always used as if in the imperative.