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# findeth

«findeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **finds** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic form

### modern equivalent

finds

### part of speech

verb, old form of «finds» (he, she, it)

### meaning for a pupil

«findeth» means «finds», a form of «find»: To find is to see or get something you were looking for, or by chance: find a coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/findeth/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he findeth» = «he finds».

### tests

ending -eth (stem «find», a verb of EWT); corpora 1 (Torah 1, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.1 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2327/)
- [Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.68/)
- [For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.238/)
- [A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.380/)
- [He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.496/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «findeth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/findeth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.