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Definition of "hath" []

  • Archaic Third person singular present tense of have. (verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hath" in a sentence
  • "The first _he_, in the last example, is redundant; yet the construction is sometimes admissible, for the expression is more forcible than it would be to say, "Let him hear who hath ears to hear;" and if we adopt the ingenious method of Mr. Smith, the sentence is grammatical, and may be rendered thus; "He that hath ears, _hath ears_ to hear; let him hear.""
  • "God hath set_ them, _hath put, set_ -- Tremellius out of the Syriac."
  • "True, as Paul says, God “hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son;” but notice, it is “_hath spoken_.”"