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# knoweth

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

«knoweth» 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

«knoweth» means «knows», a form of «know»: To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knoweth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. (Torah DEU.34.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knoweth/#x1)
- I will gleam like the cloud, gleam in the sunshine of life, look out over the whole like the cloud, and pass away like it, no one knoweth whither." (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knoweth/#x2)
- or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him; and, when he knoweth of it, be guilty; (Torah LEV.5.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knoweth/#x3)

### Note

Today: knows.

## On Mova

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