keepeth

«keepeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: keeps — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

keeps

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«keepeth» means «keeps», a form of «keep»: To keep something is to go on having it and not give it away. tree →

how it differs from today

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

examples

• Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations; (Torah DEU.7.9, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «keep», a verb of EWT); corpora 1 (Torah 1, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.1 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation that keepeth faithfulness may enter in.
• He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.
• He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
• Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.
• Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; who keepeth truth for ever;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «keepeth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.