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# killeth

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

«killeth» 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

«killeth» means «kills», a form of «kill»: To make a person, animal or plant die. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/killeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; and he that killeth a man shall be put to death. (Torah LEV.24.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/killeth/#x1)
- then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither. (Torah NUM.35.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/killeth/#x2)
- Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. (Torah NUM.35.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/killeth/#x3)

### Note

Today: kills.

## On Mova

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