Knoweth
/ˈnoʊ.əθ/noun
Archaic third-person singular present tense of know, meaning “knows.”
Did you know?‘Knoweth’ is just the Old English-style ending -eth surviving into Early Modern English, and its biblical tone helped make ordinary knowledge feel sacred, solemn, and authoritative.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵneh₃-
“to know, recognize”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*knewaną
“to know”
Old English
OE
cnāwan
“to know, perceive, recognize”
Old English
OE
-þ / -þe
“third-person singular present-tense ending”
Middle English
ME
knoweth
“he/she/it knows”
Early Modern English
English
knoweth
“archaic or biblical “knows””