Category:Behold

Be*hold", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beheld ( (p. p. formerly Beholden (, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. Beholding.] Etym: [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G. behalten to hold, keep. See Hold.]

Defn: To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes. When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Numbers 21:9. Behold the Lamb of God, Who taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29.

Syn.

-- To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.

Be*hold", v. i.

Defn: To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne,. . . a Lamb as it had been slain. Revelation 5:6.