What does hath mean?
Hath means (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of have.
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/hæθ/ · verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of have.
Thirty days hath September.
What hath God wrought.
To ſet the minde on the racke of long meditation (you ſay) is a torment: to follow the ſwift foote of your hound alday long, hath no wearineſſe: what would you ſay of him that finds better game in his ſtudie, then you in the fielde, and would account your diſport his puniſhment? ſuch there are, though you doubt and wonder.
... unto every one that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away ...
I could plainly diſcover from whence one Family derives a long Chin; why a ſecond hath abounded with Knaves for two Generations, and Fools for two more; why a third happened to be crack-brained, and a fourth to be Sharpers.
To be plain, I much question whether the politician, who hath generally a good nose, hath not scented out somewhat of the utility of this practice.
Use hath when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hath means (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of have.
Common synonyms include has.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thirty days hath September.
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