Bewray

Bewray is an archaic English verb meaning to reveal, to disclose, or to betray—functionally equivalent to modern English betray or expose. It appears several times in the Authorized Version, including Proverbs 27:16, where it describes the difficulty of restraining a contentious woman: whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. In Matthew 26:73, the bystanders tell Peter that his speech bewrayeth him—his Galilean accent reveals or betrays his identity as one of Jesus's companions.

The word derives from Old English and Middle English, being used by Chaucer and other medieval writers in the sense of accusation or revelation. By the time of the King James translators in 1611 it was already becoming archaic, and modern versions replace it with reveals, betrays, or gives away. The Matthew 26 instance is theologically significant as the moment when Peter's accent identifies him to the servants in the high priest's courtyard, precipitating his third denial of Jesus before the cock crowed.