Adjacent Words

Behold definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEHO'LD, v.t. pret. and pp. beheld' [L.observo, from servo, to keep.]
1. To fix the eyes upon; to see with attention; to observe with care.
Behold the lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1.
2. In a less intensive sense, to look upon; to see.
When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Numbers 21.
BEHO'LD, v.i. To look; to direct the eyes to an object.
And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, a lamb,as it had been slain. Revelation 5.
1. To fix the attention upon an object; to attend; to direct or fix the mind.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. Revelation 3word is much used in this manner for exciting attention, or admiration. It is in the imperative mode, expressing command, or exhortation; and by no means a mere exclamation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: see with attention; "behold Christ!" [syn: behold, lay eyes on]

Merriam Webster's

verb (beheld; -holding) Etymology: Middle English, to keep, behold, from Old English behealdan, from be- + healdan to hold Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to perceive through sight or apprehension ; see 2. to gaze upon ; observe intransitive verb — used in the imperative especially to call attention • beholder noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (past & past part. beheld) literary (esp. in imper.) see, observe. Derivatives: beholder n. Etymology: OE bihaldan (as BE-, haldan hold)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Behold Be*hold", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beheld(p. p. formerly Beholden, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. Beholding.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G. behalten to hold, keep. See Hold.] To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes. When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. --Num. xxi. 9. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. --John. i. 29. Syn: To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Behold Be*hold", v. i. To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, . . . a lamb as it had been slain. --Rev. v. 6.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(beholds, beholding, beheld) 1. If you behold someone or something, you see them. (LITERARY) She looked into his eyes and beheld madness... VERB: V n 2. lo and behold: see lo

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. See, observe, contemplate, eye, survey, consider, regard, view, descry, discern, look upon, set one's eyes on. II. interj. See, look, observe, mark, lo.

Moby Thesaurus

NB, catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, glimpse, have in sight, ken, lay eyes on, look at, look on, look upon, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, recognize, regard, remark, see, sight, spot, spy, take in, twig, view, witness