killeth

Brings about death

Killeth is an archaic third-person singular form of kill, using the -eth ending common in Early Modern English.

It appears primarily in the King James Bible and similar religious or literary texts: The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

Outside quotation or deliberate archaism, the form is obsolete.

violence

slayeth

Kills, old English

destroy · harm · brutality · savagery · combat · bloodshed · murder · slay · strike · wound

archaic

slayeth

Kills, old English

  • smiteStrike with force
  • dothArchaic third-person singular
  • hathArchaic possessive verb

maketh · taketh · giveth · speaketh · cometh · goeth · knoweth · liveth · loveth · hateth

biblical

smite

Strike with force

judgment · sacrifice · plague · sin · atonement · retribution · transgression · righteousness · commandment · prophet

Opposites
life and death action

killethsaveth

Old English for rescues

healeth · restoreth · quickeneth · begetteth · saves

linguistic register/temporal style

killethkills

Causes to die

slays · murders · terminates · executes · assassinates

Phrases
Family

killed, killer, killers

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