lighteth

English

Etymology

light +‎ -eth

Verb

lighteth

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of light
   • 1534, The first New Testament printed in English‎^[1]:

     A city that is set on an hill, cannot be hid, neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it lighteth all them which are in the house.

   • 1874, Charles Kingsley, All Saints' Day and Other Sermons‎^[2]:

     Is there not in every one of them, as in you, the Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world?

   • 1927, Barbara R. Sims, Japan Will Turn Ablaze!‎^[3]:

     Verily thy Lord lighteth the lamp of Love in the heart of whomsoever He chooseth.