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# showeth

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

«showeth» 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

«showeth» means «shows», a form of «show»: To show is to let someone see something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/showeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height. (Torah NUM.23.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/showeth/#x1)

### Note

Today: shows.

## On Mova

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