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# holdeth

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

«holdeth» 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

«holdeth» means «holds», a form of «hold»: To hold is to have something in your hand or arms: hold my hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/holdeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- and her father heareth her vow, or her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. (Torah NUM.30.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/holdeth/#x1)

### Note

Today: holds.

## On Mova

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