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behave

Meaning of “behave”

To act; to conduct; generally applied to manners, or to conduct in any particular business; and in a good or bad sense.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
6 occurrences6 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:27

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “behave”

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Deuteronomy 32:27
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Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:27 · retained source text

Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemie, lest their aduersaries should behaue themselues strangely, and lest they should say, Our hande is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

1611 marginal noteOr, our high hand and not the LORD hath done all this.

1 Chronicles 19:13
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Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 19:13 · retained source text

Be of good courage, and let vs behaue our selues valiantly for our people, and for the Cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.

Psalms 101:2
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I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 101:2 · retained source text

I will behaue my selfe wisely in a perfect way, O when wilt thou come vnto me? I will walke within my house with a perfect heart.

Isaiah 3:5
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And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 3:5 · retained source text

And the people shall be oppressed, euery one by another, and euery one by his neighbour: the childe shall behaue himselfe proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

1 Timothy 3:15
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But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 3:15 · retained source text

But if I tary long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the House of God, which is the Church of the liuing God, the pillar and ground of the trueth.

1611 marginal noteOr, stay.

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Webster 1828

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To act; to conduct; generally applied to manners, or to conduct in any particular business; and in a good or bad sense.

volume 1, leaf 259, column 1 (main_dictionary)