sinketh
Drops below surface
Sinketh is an archaic third-person singular form of sink, using the -eth ending that was standard in Early Modern English: The ship sinketh beneath the waves.
Found primarily in the King James Bible and other texts from that era, it survives mainly in liturgical or deliberately archaic contexts.
Archaic second-person pronoun
- theeSecond-person object, antiquated
- thyOld possessive pronoun
- thineYours, archaically
- hathArchaic possessive verb
doth · goeth · cometh · speaketh · sayeth · knoweth · giveth · taketh
Innermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- despairTotal absence of hope
- darknessTotal absence of light
- perditionEternal spiritual ruin
damnation · woe · sin · iniquity · grace · affliction · tribulation · heaviness
Receptacle for contents
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- hullOuter covering or frame
- founderingFailing completely, sinking
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
wreck · depths · fathoms · waves · seafloor · bilge · anchor · leaking
Old English for drops
- droppethArchaic for descends
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- descendingMoving downward
- droppingLetting something fall
lowering · falling · submerging · going under · settling · dipping
thou
Archaic second-person pronoun
hath · doth · goeth · cometh · speaketh · sayeth · knoweth · giveth · taketh · maketh
soul
Innermost animating essence
perdition · damnation · woe · sin · iniquity · grace · affliction · tribulation · heaviness · sorrow
vessel
Receptacle for contents
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- hullOuter covering or frame
- founderingFailing completely, sinking
drowning · wreck · depths · fathoms · waves · seafloor · bilge · anchor · leaking · storm
falleth
Old English for drops
- droppethArchaic for descends
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- descendingMoving downward
dropping · lowering · falling · submerging · going under · settling · dipping
- hook, line and sinkerDeceived without reservation
- hook line and sinkerCompletely and without reservation