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Definitions for behold
bɪˈhoʊldbe·hold
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Princeton's WordNet
behold, lay eyes onverb
see with attention
"behold Christ!"
Wiktionary
beholdverb
To see, or to look at.
Etymology: From beholden, from behealdan, from bihaldanan, equivalent to. Cognate with behouden, behalten, and beholde.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Beholdinterject.
See; lo: a word by which attention is excited, or admiration noted.
Etymology: from the verb.
Behold! I am with thee, and will keep thee. Gen. xxviii. 15.
When out of hope, behold her! not far off,
Such as I saw her in my dream, adorn’d
With what all earth or heaven could bestow,
To make her amiable. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii. l. 481.To BEHOLDverb
pret. I beheld, I have beheld, or beholden. To view; to see; to look upon.
Etymology: behealdan , Saxon.
Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears. Ezek. xl. 4.
When some young Thessalians, on horseback, were beheld afar off, while their horses watered, while their heads were depressed, they were conceived by the spectators to be one animal. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i. c. 4.
Man looks aloft, and, with erected eyes,
Beholds his own hereditary skies. Dryden.At this, the former tale again he told,
With thund’ring tone, and dreadful to behold. John Dryden, Fab.
Wikipedia
Behold
Behold is an American brand of furniture polish produced by Nakoma Products, LLC. Behold furniture polish and Endust dusting aid were previously produced by Sara Lee. When Drackett was sold to S. C. Johnson & Son in 1992, these two products, Endust and Behold, were sold to Sara Lee. In 2010 the product lines Endust and Behold were sold to Nakoma Products LLC. Located in Coal City, Illinois. The company introduced a new glass cleaner and oven/grill cleaner under the Behold brand name in 2012. S. C. Johnson produces Pledge, a similar product to Behold. William R. Johnson, now president of H.J. Heinz, was assistant brand manager for Behold at Drackett, 1974-1977. The National Institutes of Health household products database lists Behold as containing propane and butane and naphtha. Propane and isobutane blends are used as propellants for household cleaners.Aerosol furniture polishes apply a thin layer of silicone oils, rather than the thicker, more durable layer of solid waxes. Fine furniture craftsmen warn that the silicone oils can penetrate through tiny cracks in the finish and make eventual refinishing very difficult.
ChatGPT
behold
To behold is to see, observe, or gaze at something, often something impressive, beautiful, or noteworthy. It is often used in a formal or literary context to convey a sense of awe or admiration.
Webster Dictionary
Beholdverb
to have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes
Beholdverb
to direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see
Wikidata
Behold
Behold is a brand of furniture polish produced by Nakoma Products, LLC. Behold furniture polish and Endust dusting aid were previously produced by Sara Lee. When Drackett was sold to S. C. Johnson & Son in 1992, these two products, Endust and Behold, were sold to Sara Lee. In 2010 the product lines Endust and Behold were sold to Nakoma Products LLC. Located in Coal City, Illinois. The company introduced a new glass cleaner and oven/grill cleaner under the Behold brand name in 2012. S. C. Johnson produces Pledge, a similar product to Behold. William R. Johnson, now president of H.J. Heinz, was assistant brand manager for Behold at Drackett, 1974-1977. The National Institutes of Health household products database lists Behold as containing propane and butane and naphtha. Propane and isobutane blends are used as propellants for household cleaners. Aerosol furniture polishes apply a thin layer of silicone oils, rather than the thicker, more durable layer of solid waxes. Fine furniture craftsmen warn that the silicone oils can penetrate through tiny cracks in the finish and make eventual refinishing very difficult.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Behold
be-hōld′, v.t. to look upon: to contemplate.—v.i. to look: to fix the attention:—pa.t. and pa.p. beheld′.—imper. or interj. see! lo! observe!—adj. Behold′en, bound in gratitude: obliged (with to).—n. Behold′er, one who beholds: an onlooker.—adj. Behold′ing (Shak.), beholden.—n. (Shak.) sight, contemplation. [A.S. behealdan, to hold, observe—pfx. be-, and healdan, to hold.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of behold in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of behold in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of behold in a Sentence
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.
The meeting in the open of two dogs, strangers to each other, is one of the most painful, thrilling, and pregnant of all conceivable encounters; it is surrounded by an atmosphere of the last canniness, presided over by a constraint for which I have no precise name; they simply cannot pass each other, their mutual embarrassment is frightful to behold.
God says in Jeremiah 16 :' Behold, I will bring them the Jewish people again unto their land that I gave to their fathers. ... Behold, I will send for many fishers, and after will I send for many hunters,'.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
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- هُوَذَا, لمحArabic
- гледам, виждамBulgarian
- vigilar, mirarCatalan, Valencian
- spatřitCzech
- beskueDanish
- schauen, betrachten, ansehen, anschauen, sehenGerman
- βλέπωGreek
- rigardiEsperanto
- contemplar, observar, he aquí, mirarSpanish
- ببینPersian
- katsoaFinnish
- regarder, voirFrench
- amhaircScottish Gaelic
- הִנֵּהHebrew
- देखोHindi
- észrevesz, íme, megpillant, meglátHungarian
- ահաArmenian
- sjáIcelandic
- guardareItalian
- הנהHebrew
- 見るJapanese
- Следи, ГледаMacedonian
- aanschouwenDutch
- seNorwegian
- ujrzećPolish
- contemplar, verPortuguese
- vedeaRomanian
- смотреть, глядетьRussian
- posmatrati, gledatiSerbo-Croatian
- skådaSwedish
- ఇదిగోTelugu
- bakmak, işteTurkish
- осьUkrainian
- beholdVietnamese
- 看哪Chinese
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