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# turneth

«turneth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **turns** — 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

turns

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«turneth» means «turns», a form of «turn»: To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/turneth/#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 turneth» = «he turns».

### examples

- And the soul that turneth unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. (Torah LEV.20.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/turneth/#x1)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «turn», a verb of EWT); corpora 2 (Torah 2, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 4.7); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [Yet the people turneth not unto Him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.200/)
- [That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.998/)
- [When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.866/)
- [And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.867/)
- [When the LORD turneth the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.174/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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