lo

 
Pronunciation: /ləʊ/

exclamation

archaic
  • used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event: and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them

Phrases

lo and behold

used to present a new scene, situation, or turn of events, often with the suggestion that, though surprising, it could in fact have been predicted: you took me out and, lo and behold, I got home to find my house had been ransacked

Origin:

natural exclamation: first recorded as lā in Old English; reinforced in Middle English by a shortened form of loke 'look!', imperative of look