saveth
Preserves from harm
Saveth is an archaic third-person singular form of save, from the era when English verbs took -eth endings: He that saveth his life shall lose it.
The form survives almost exclusively in biblical quotations and deliberate archaism.
Modern English uses saves.
Holds, old verb form
Effortless beauty of motion
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- scriptureSacred religious writings
King James · gospel · psalm · prophet · sermon · covenant · testament · atonement
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
- verseMetered poetic passage
dramatic · poetic · stage · costume · period · historical · tragedy · comedy
keepeth
Holds, old verb form
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
scripture · King James · gospel · psalm · prophet · sermon · covenant · testament · atonement · righteousness
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
verse · dramatic · poetic · stage · costume · period · historical · tragedy · comedy · playwright
- save mePlea for rescue
- save the dayPrevent imminent disaster
- save upAccumulate money gradually
- saved upAccumulated over time
- save moneyReduce expenditure, accumulate funds
- save itDismissive rebuff of excuses