goeth

Leaves, King James-style

Goeth is an archaic third-person singular form of "go," from a time when English verbs took different endings.

It appears in the King James Bible and other early modern texts: The wind goeth toward the south.

Modern readers encounter it mainly in quotations and deliberate archaisms: Pride goeth before a fall.

archaic

verb

Action-expressing word

conjugationVerb form variation system
ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
King JamesEnglish Bible translation, 1611

biblical · Elizabethan · thou · thee · hath · doth · cometh · sayeth · maketh · giveth

biblical

scripture

Sacred religious writings

proverbTraditional saying expressing truth
verseMetered poetic passage
psalmSacred scriptural song

gospel · apostle · prophet · sermon · parable · commandment · testament · sin · righteousness · spirit

idiom

before

Prior in time

fallDescend under gravity
prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
proverbTraditional saying expressing truth

hubris · arrogance · downfall · warning · moral · lesson · comeuppance · reckoning · fate · nemesis

Categories

Archaismsthee, thou, thy, thine, ye
Biblical Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, ye
archaic Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, ye
archaic verbsdost, doth, hast, hath, shalt
grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns

Opposites

motion/departure

Continues, biblical style

stays · remains · abideth · cometh · arriveth

direction of movement

Archaic form of arrives

comes · arriveth · arrives · returneth · returns

temporal register

goethgoes

Moves from a place

departs · leaves · proceeds

Phrases

goes onContinues or persists
goes upRises or increases
goes throughExperiences or traverses
goes wrongDeviates from intended outcome
goes outLeaves a place
goes byPasses or is named

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G