Definitions

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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of believe.

Etymologies

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From believe +‎ -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix

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Examples

  • And please remember that that word "believeth" does not mean the assent of the mind to a form of creed: never that: but the assent of the heart to a person: always that.

    Quiet Talks on Power S.D. Gordon

  • As He comes down on the clouds, the dead bodies of those who have the warm vital touch with Him, that the word "believeth" stands for, will be touched into a new life and be reunited with the spirits that had lived in them.

    Quiet Talks on Following the Christ 1897

  • "believeth" stands for, shall -- as the Holy Spirit has full control -- do the same works as Jesus did, same in kind and in degree, and then shall do even greater than Jesus ever did.

    Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation 1897

  • The Bible says that he that believeth in him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God John 3:18.

    Randy Miller: Burning The Quran Is Unchristian Randy Miller 2011

  • The Bible says that he that believeth in him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God John 3:18.

    Randy Miller: Burning The Quran Is Unchristian Randy Miller 2011

  • I thought of the verse in John 3:16 which says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • I thought of the verse in John 3:16 which says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • I thought of the verse in John 3:16 which says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

    Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback Patton Dodd 2011

  • "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."

    Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback Patton Dodd 2011

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