behold vs pick out

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! 

pick out

verb
  • to distinguish; discern 

  • to select 

  • to send a long pass or cross to. 

  • To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour. 

  • to remove by picking 

  • to detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste) 

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