Behold

Be·hold

Behold

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Beheld; p. p. formerly Beholden (), now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. Beholding (())

  1. To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.
    When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
    — Num. xxi. 9.
    Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
    — John. i. 29.

Behold

v. i.
  1. 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.