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# floweth

verb, old form of «flows» (he, she, it)

«floweth» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«floweth» means «flows», a form of «flow»: Of a liquid, gas or electricity: to move along smoothly and steadily in one direction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/floweth/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he floweth» = «he flows».

### Examples

- If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it unto us — a land which floweth with milk and honey. (Torah NUM.14.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/floweth/#x1)
- And they told him, and said: 'We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. (Torah NUM.13.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/floweth/#x2)

### Note

Today: flows.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «floweth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/floweth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«floweth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/floweth.html) on Mova free.