behold
pronunciation
How to pronounce behold in British English:
UK [bɪˈhəʊld]
How to pronounce behold in American English:
US [bɪˈhoʊld]
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- Verb:
- see with attention
Word Origin
- behold
- behold: see hold
- behold (v.)
- Old English bihaldan (West Saxon behealdan) "give regard to, hold in view," also "to keep hold of, to belong to," from be- + haldan, healdan (see hold). Related: Beheld; beholding. A common West Germanic compound, compare Old Saxon bihaldan "hold, keep," Old Frisian bihalda, Old High German bihaltan, German behalten, but "[t]he application to watching, looking, is confined to English" [OED].
Example
- 1. We behold the face of nature bright with gladness .
- 2. With heavenly love , behold that matchless sight .
- 3. The jews then said , behold how he loved him !
- 4. The sisters therefore sent to him saying , lord , behold , he whom you love is sick .
- 5. Lo and behold , in 2005 , after a national economic census picked up more services , the nbs revised its gdp up by 17 % ; it also lifted the annual growth rate over the previous decade .