Lo - Lo and Behold

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Lo - Lo and Behold

Postby dreams » Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:16 pm

Meaning: A formal exclamation, often used in the Bible.

1 Kings 3:12
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

Ezekiel 2:9
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

Ezekiel 37:2
And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

Luke 17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

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Postby dreams » Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:17 pm

"What does he do, but, lo, and behold you, he goes into the perfumer's shop."
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (1850)


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