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# pursueth

«pursueth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **pursues** — 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

pursues

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«pursueth» means «pursues», a form of «pursue»: To pursue means to chase or follow someone or something to catch them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pursueth/#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 pursueth» = «he pursues».

### examples

- And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. (Torah LEV.26.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pursueth/#x1)
- And I will set My face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies; they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. (Torah LEV.26.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pursueth/#x2)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «pursue», a verb of EWT); corpora 3 (Torah 3, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.3 (Torah alone 7.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; the way with his feet he treadeth not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.876/)
- [Stedfast righteousness tendeth to life; but he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.309/)
- [Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.370/)
- [He that pursueth words, they turn against him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.536/)
- [The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are secure as a young lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.805/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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