Past tense of behold
irregular verb
The past tense of behold is beheld. The past participle is also beheld.
Forms of behold
| Base form (V1) | behold /bɪˈhəʊld/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | beheld /bɪˈhɛld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | beheld /bɪˈhɛld/ |
| Present participle | beholding |
| Third person singular | beholds |
Beheld in a sentence
- And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.From the entry Cephas
- What I beheld before me, I thought, was the very eidolon of the storm.2012 May 31, Smapti, “Lord Blackwood and the Great Tarasque Hunt of '83”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2024. From the entry eidolon
- Then I beheld thrones and those who sat upon them, and judgment was granted to them.2003 [around 100 CE], “Chapter Twenty”, in Mark B. Arey, Philemon D. Sevastiades, transl., edited by Patra McSharry Sevastiades…. From the entry charagma
- After coddling clients, retrieving luggage, and fighting traffic, he beheld sweet, nagless me.2001, Jan Marshall, Still Hanging in There. From the entry nagless
- She ran to the door and there beheld the ragged street urchin calmly playing his organ.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 84. From the entry street urchin
Meaning of behold
- verb To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
- verb To contemplate (someone or something).
- verb To look.
Verbs like behold
Questions about the past tense of behold
- What is the past tense of behold?
- The past tense of behold is beheld.
- What is the past participle of behold?
- The past participle of behold is beheld.
- Is behold a regular or irregular verb?
- Behold is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: behold (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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