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# beholding

the -ing form of the verb behold (behold, beholds, beheld, beholding — old); noun (beholding — rare)

«beholding» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old, literary) Looking at; seeing, especially something wonderful or surprising. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#m1)
2. (Bible) «Behold» = look! see! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#m2)
3. Beholden means owing thanks to someone because they helped you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#m3)

### In the lessons

Found in the Bible («Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy»), poems, carols and old stories. «Beholder» is in the saying «Beauty is in the eye of the beholder». It tells the reader a sight is important or wondrous.

### Examples

- The shepherds stood beholding the angel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#x1)
- Beholding the sea for the first time, she gasped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#x2)
- «Behold, a virgin shall conceive,» says the Bible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#x3)
- Mole stood beholding the river in wonder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#x4)
- The crowd stood beholding the fireworks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#x5)
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#x6)
- "Oh, Ivan," said the merchants, "we are beholding to you; but for you we would have been lost men. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/#x7)

### Note

Old-fashioned; today say «looking at» or «seeing». Irregular: behold, beheld. Do not confuse with «beholden» (owing someone a favour).

## In Jewish tradition

Found in the Bible («Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy»), poems, carols and old stories. «Beholder» is in the saying «Beauty is in the eye of the beholder». It tells the reader a sight is important or wondrous.

### Examples

- Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in Thy ways. (Writings PSA.119.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beholding/#x1)
- When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, saving the beholding of them with his eyes? (Writings ECC.5.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beholding/#x2)

### Note

Old-fashioned; today say «looking at» or «seeing». Irregular: behold, beheld. Do not confuse with «beholden» (owing someone a favour).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beholding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholding/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beholding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beholding.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «beholding» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beholding/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beholding» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/beholding.html) on Mova free.