behold

Etymology
From, from , from , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
 * 2) To contemplate (someone or something).
 * 3)  To look.
 * 1) To contemplate (someone or something).
 * 2)  To look.
 * 1) To contemplate (someone or something).
 * 2)  To look.
 * 1) To contemplate (someone or something).
 * 2)  To look.

Usage notes
Rarely used in informal speech. The past participle beholden now has a meaning detached from the other forms of the word.

Translations

 * Arabic: هُوَذَا
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: הא
 * Syriac: ܗܐ
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, ,
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σκοπέω
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: ad·cí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:, tueor
 * Macedonian: гледа, следи
 * Occitan: lucar,, , , agaitar, ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: amhairc, seall
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tonkawa: ˀana
 * Turkish:

Interjection

 * 1) look, a call of attention to something
 * 2) lo!

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:lo

Translations

 * Arabic: هَا
 * Armenian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: velaquí, velaí, eis
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἰδού
 * Hebrew:
 * Interlingua: ecce
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: みよ ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ئەوەتا, ئەمەتا
 * Latin: ecce
 * Old English: æfne
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: seall
 * Spanish: ,
 * White Hmong: saib seb

Etymology 1
From, , from the verb ; see also 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  haven, refuge
 * in the phrases and