behold vs perceive

behold

verb
  • To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon. 

  • To look. 

  • To contemplate (someone or something). 

intj
  • look, a call of attention to something 

  • lo! 

perceive

verb
  • To interpret something in a particular way 

  • To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand. 

How often have the words behold and perceive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )