Both vs Beth - What's the difference?
both | beth |
Each of the two; one and the other.
* (Bible), (w) xxi. 27
* (1678-1751)
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* (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
name of the second letter of the Aramaic alphabet,
name of the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet,
name of the second letter of the Syriac alphabet,
As a determiner both
is each of the two; one and the other.As a conjunction both
is including both (used with and).As a proper noun beth is
a diminutive of the female given names elizabeth, elisabeth, and sometimes bethany also a formal given name or middle name.both
English
Alternative forms
* bothe (archaic)Determiner
(en determiner)- Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
- He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both , because he is prepared for both.
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
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- Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
- He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.