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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Behold

Be-hōld’, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BEHELD (p. p. formerly BEHOLDEN, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. BEHOLDING.] [A-S. behealdan, to behold, to hold or have in sight, from the prefix be and healdan, gehealdan, to hold, keep; Ger. behalten, to hold, keep.] To fix the eyes upon; to look at; to see with attention; to observe with care.

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.

Be-hōld', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To direct the eyes to an object; to look.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. Rev. iii. 20.

And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, . . . a lamb as it had been slain. Rev. v. 6.