English Explanatory Dictionary

behold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
  2. To contemplate (someone or something).
  3. To look.
intj
  1. look, a call of attention to something
  2. lo!

Pronunciation

/bɪˈhəʊld/ /bɪˈhoʊld/ /biˈhoʊld/ en-us-behold.ogg

Word forms

behold beholds beholding beheld beholden no-table-tags glossary beholdest beheldst beholdeth

Etymology

From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).

Synonyms

behold clock look geek kool regard squizz take a butcher's take a dekko take a gander vada viddy view lo

Derived words

beholdable beholder eye of the beholder lo and behold long and behold sight to behold unbeheld

Translations

Arabic: هَا Armenian: ահա Dutch: ziehier Dutch: ziedaar Esperanto: jen French: voici French: voilà Galician: velaquí Galician: velaí Galician: eis Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹 Ancient Greek: ἰδού Hebrew: הִנֵּה White Hmong: saib seb Interlingua: ecce Italian: ecco Japanese: 見よ Japanese: ほら Central Kurdish: ئەوەتا Central Kurdish: ئەمەتا Latin: ecce Old English: æfne Portuguese: eis Portuguese: vede Romanian: iată Russian: вот Scottish Gaelic: seall Spanish: he aquí Spanish: mirad
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