“behold” – English explanatory dictionary

verb 1. to see (old.) ○ The happiness on the little children’s faces was marvellous to behold. 2. □ lo and behold! used to introduce something you think is surprising ○ We had been waiting for hours for a bus when, lo and behold, three came together.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beheld (p. p. formerly Beholden , now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. Beholding.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G. behalten to hold, keep. See Hold.] To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes. “When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Num. xxi. 9.” “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John. i. 29.” Syn. — To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.

v. i. To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see. “And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, … a lamb as it had been slain.
Rev. v. 6.”