Behold

Definition: Behold

Behold

Verb

1. See, as with attention.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "behold" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonym: Behold

Attention

Interjection: see! look, look here, look you, look to it! mark! lo! behold! soho! hark, hark ye! mind! halloo! observe! lo and behold! attention! nota bene, "N.B.", note well; I'd have you to know; notice! O yes! Oyez! dekko! ecco! yoho!

Wonder

Interjection: lo, lo and behold! O! heyday! halloo! what! indeed! really! surely! humph! hem! good lack, good heavens, gad so! welladay! dear me! only think! lackadaisy! my stars, my goodness! gracious goodness! goodness gracious! mercy on us! heavens and earth! God bless me! bless us, bless my heart! odzookens! O gemini! adzooks! hoity-toity! strong! Heaven save the mark, bless the mark! can such things be! zounds! 'sdeath! what on earth, what in the world! who would have thought it!; (inexpectation); you don't say so! You're kidding!. No kidding? what do you say to that! nous verrons! how now! where am I?

World

Phrase: die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltergesicht; "earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God"; "green calm below, blue quietness above"; "hanging in a golden chain this pendant World"; "nothing in nature is unbeautiful"; "silently as a dream the fabric rose"; "some touch of nature's genial glow"; "this majestical roof fretted with golden fire"; "through knowledge we behold the World's creation".

Crosswords: Behold

Behold, the dawn of a new age. My mutant plants have the strength of the deadliest animals (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Behold, you have failed (End of Days; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe)

Kain killed me once, behold the results (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver; writing credit: Amy Hennig)

The Lord of Hosts will do battle for us. Behold his mighty hand (The Ten Commandments; writing credit: J.H. Ingraham; A.E. Southon)

Behold the new champion of Chandler's stupid state game (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Behold a Pale Horse (1964)

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Books

• Behold a Pale Horse (reference)

• Behold the Beauty of the Lord (reference)

• Behold the Spirit: A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion (reference)

• Behold Your God (reference)

• Behold Your Life; A Pilgrimage Through Your Memories (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Behold a Pale Horse (reference)

• Gundam Wing - Behold, Wing Zero! (V.8) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Behold That Star (reference)

• Behold the Beginning (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Behold the dress from monkey-lands brought o'er... / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Here the fair humble penitent behold,... / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Behold ye Worldings whence true pleasure springs; / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

National picture. Behold oh! American, your sons the greatest among men. Credit: Library of Congress.

Behold me! I will stand here until you are all safely out. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Her face, so long familiar to the townspeople, showed the marble quietude which they were accustomed to behold there

The immaculate is there, austere to behold.

If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, Behold this pattern of thy butcheries

It did not turn his mill, and it was no privilege to him to behold it.

All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told; Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ending with "behold": lo-and-behold.

Albanian

vë re (bend, cognize, descry, espy, notice, overlook, reck, remark), shoh (catch a glimpse of, catch sight of, descry, eye, give a look, look, overlook, see, sight, view, witness), ja (here, here are, here is, here you are, look, well). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نظر (consider, consideration, discernment, foresight, gaze, look, rumble, seeing, sight, theorize), ‏لمح (allude, catch, catch sight of, descry, espy, glance at, glimpse, hint, imply, see, sight, spy, suggest, twig), ‏أنظر (vide), ‏شاهد (attestation, evidence, see, sight, telltale, text, view, witness). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съзирам (descry, discern, espy, make, make out, open, raise, set eyes on, sight), виждам (envisage, find, look up, make, open, perceive, see, see of, see through, sight), виж (lo, vide). (various references)

Czech

vidìt (see, view), uzřít, spatřit (see, view). (various references)

Dutch

ziedaar (here are, here is, here you are, look), hierzo (here, here are, here is, here you are, look), hier (here, here are, here is, here you are, hither, look, this, this way). (various references)

Esperanto

jen (here are, here is, look, there). (various references)

Faeroese

sært tú (here are, here is, here you are, look), hetta var (here are, here is, here you are, look), hetta er (here are, here is, here you are, look), her er (here are, here is, here you are, look). (various references)

Farsi 

مشاهده کردن (Observe, Perceive, See), هان (Now), نظاره کردن , اینک (Now), دیدن (Coneive, Distinguish, Eye, Look, Notice, Observe, Perceive, See, Seeing, Sight, Twig, View, Vision), ببین . (various references)

Finnish

tässä (at this, here, here are, here is, here you are, in this, look). (various references)

French

voici. (various references)

German

sehen (glance, look, look at, see, see about, seeing, sight, spot, spy, to see, to spot, view, vision, watch, witness), erblicken (catch sight of, descry, espy, perceive, see, spot, to catch sight, to catch sight (of), to catch sight of). (various references)

Greek 

βλέπω (descry, give on, glower, look, perceive, see, sight, spy, view, watch, witness), ιδού (here is, lo), παρατηρώ (eye, make a remark, note, notice, observe, remark). (various references)

Hawaiian

ja (here are, here is, here you are, look). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"ביט (consider, gaze, look, regard, see), לראות (look, notice, observe, see, set eyes on, view), �"רי (here is, hereby), �"א (lo), � א (let us, please, pray). (various references)

Hungarian

tessék (help yourself, here are, here is, here it is, here you are, look, please), meglát (descry, perceive, sight, spot, to descry, to discern, to espy, to glimpse, to perceive, to sight, to spot, to spy), íme (lo), észrevesz (descry, espy, notice, perceive, remark, take a notion, take notice, to descry, to discern, to espy, to notice, to perceive, to realise, to remark, to spot, to spy). (various references)

Indonesian

melihat (apprehend, discern, look, see, spy, view). (various references)

Italian

vedere (decide, examine, feel, have a look at, see, see oneself, take care, to see, understand, view, wait), scorgere (descry, make out, notice, perceive, sight, spy), guardare (be careful, consider, deem, defend, eye, face, gaze at, glance at, have a look at, look, look after, look at, look at oneself, look on, look out on, observe, regard, see, to look, view, watch). (various references)

Manx

jeeaghyn (eye, good looks, look, look forward, looking, manifest, seeing, watch), fakin (envisage, scenery, see, spot, view, witness), cur my ner (beholding, lo). (various references)

Norwegian

skue, se (glance, look, see). (various references)

Papiamen

ata (here are, here is, here you are, look). (various references)

Pig Latin

eholdbay.(various references)

Polish

oto (here are, here is, here you are, look). (various references)

Portuguese

ver (do, eye, keek, look, plumb, see, sight, spy, to see, view, watch), observar (attend, consider, deem, keep, look, look at, mind, note, notice, obey, observe, perceive, premise, regard, remark, represent, scout, see, sight, spy, take notice, twig, view, watch). (various references)

Romanian

zãri (appear, catch, catch sight of, descry, discern, espy, get a peep, glimpse, notice, perceive, realize, rise, sight, spy, view), vedea (catch sight of, consider, descry, distinguish, do, find, get a peep, happen, notice, observe, perceive, realize, recognize, see, spy, stand by, understand), privi (appertain to, concern, consider, gaze, give a look at, glance, have a look at, look, look on, regard, see, touch, view), priveşte, iatå (here are, here is, here you are, look), iatã (lo, look, there). (various references)

Russian 

созерцать (contemplate). (various references)

Scottish

seo (here, here are, here is, here you are, look, these, this, this here, this is), seall (consider, deem, look, regard, see, view, watch), feuch , fiach, feuch (indicate, point out, see, show, to try, try : dh' fheuch), faic (look, see, will see), dearc (an asp, berry, lizard : dearc-luachrach). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

posmatrati (contemplate, observe, watch), pogledati (eye, give a look, glance, look, see, take a look at). (various references)

Spanish

tenga (has, have, here are, here is, here you are, look, there, you have, you may have). (various references)

Swedish

skåda (consider, deem, look, regard, see, view, watch). (various references)

Thai

เห็น (clock, see, sight), ฟังหรือ�"ู. (various references)

Turkish

bakmak (answer, attend, care for, concern oneself, consider, consult, deem, do for, face, feed, fend for, find, Foster, front, front on to, give a look, groom, have a frontage on, have a look-see, keep, look, look after, look at, look on, look out, look through, look upon, maintain, make sure, nurse, overlook, put out to nurse, refer, regard, scan, see, see to, set eyes on, sight, sit in, suckle, superintend, supervise, support, survey, take a gander, take a look, take a look at, tend, turn up, view, wait on, wait upon, watch), bak (lo, or else, vide), seyretmek (clear, contemplate, look at, see, view, watch), işte (aha, at work, here, here is, here you are, lo, there, there it is), görmek (catch sight of, consider, espy, experience, get sight of, observe, see, see into, sight, spot, transact, view, wake to, waken), dikkat etmek (be careful, give heed to, heed, keep an eye on, look out, look sharp, look to, make a point of, mind, note, notice, pay attention to, pay heed to, remark, take care, take care of, take heed, take heed of, ware, watch, watch one's step, watch out). (various references)

Ukrainian

споглядати (contemplate), ось (here, lo, there), помічати (detect, heed, note, notice, observe, remark, take notice), дивись (lo, look, vide), дивитися (eye, look, point, watch). (various references)

Welsh

wele (lo), gweld (see), edrych (consider, deem, look, look at, regard, view, watch), dyma (here are, here is, these are, this is), canfod (perceive, see). (various references)

Yucatec

he'la' (here are, here is, here you are, look). (various references)

Zulu

nasi (here are, here is, here you are, look), nantu (here are, here is, here you are, look), nanti (here are, here is, here you are, look), nansi (here are, here is, here you are, look), nanku (here are, here is, here you are, look), nanka (here are, here is, here you are, look), nangu (here are, here is, here you are, look). (various references)

aspectu, aspectum, aspectuque, aspectus, aspexerit, aspexi, aspeximus, aspexisset, aspexisti, aspexit, aspice, aspicere, aspicerem, aspicerent, aspiceret, aspiciam, aspiciant, aspicias, aspiciat, aspiciebant, aspiciebantque, aspiciebat, aspiciemus, aspiciens, aspicient, aspicientes, aspicientibus, aspicies, aspiciet, aspicietis, aspicio, aspicite, aspiciunt, conspicio. (various references)

behealdan, sceawian. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "behold": beholden, beholder, beholders, beholding, beholds. (additional references)

Words containing "behold": unbeholden. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Behold" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bechtoldt, Bedoli, behale, behalt, behl, behld, behod, behond, Benouda, beol, betold, Beyoglu, Bheoil, bifold, Bohol, Bujold, Gehlot. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dhole, holed, lobed.

-2 letters: bled, bode, bold, bole, dole, held, helo, hoed, hold, hole, lobe, lode, ohed.

-3 letters: bed, bel, bod, deb, del, doe, dol, edh, eld, hob, hod, hoe, led, lob, obe, ode, old, ole.

-4 letters: be, bo, de, do, ed, eh, el, he, ho, lo, od, oe, oh.

+1 letter: beholds, hobbled.

+2 letters: beholden, beholder, behowled, blotched, bolthead, holdable.

+3 letters: abolished, beclothed, beholders, beholding, blockhead, bloodshed, boltheads, boxhauled, deathblow, hobnailed, jobholder.

+4 letters: ballyhooed, bedclothes, blockheads, bloodsheds, bondholder, deathblows, hebdomadal, hornblende, jobholders, mothballed, outblushed, unbeholden.

+5 letters: bachelordom, bolshevized, bondholders, buttonholed, charbroiled, copublished, doublethink, hobbledehoy, hornblendes, hornblendic, hyperboloid, rhabdocoele, thunderbolt.