knoweth

Archaic for understands

Knoweth is an archaic third-person singular form of know, from Early Modern English when verbs took -eth endings: He knoweth not what he does.

The form survives mainly in biblical quotations and deliberate archaism.

The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous.

biblical

scripture

Sacred religious writings

  • psalmSacred scriptural song
  • proverbTraditional saying expressing truth
  • gospelSacred choral tradition

prophecy · testament · verse · commandment · revelation · parable · epistle · sermon · divine · Lord

archaic

thou

Archaic second-person pronoun

  • theeSecond-person object, antiquated
  • hastArchaic form of have
  • dostArchaic second-person "do"

doth · thy · thine · art · ere · whence · wherefore · prithee · verily · perchance

cognition

awareness

State of perceiving reality

insight · discernment · perception · grasp · cognizance · apprehension · recognition · realization · understandeth

Categories
Opposites
epistemic state

knowethforgetteth

Archaic for loses memory

seeketh

temporal/stylistic register

knowethknows

Possesses awareness of

understands · recognizes · gets · perceives · comprehends

Family

knower, knowers

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G