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behaved

Meaning of “behaved”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of behave, meaning to act; to conduct; generally applied to manners, or to conduct in any particular business; and in a good or bad sense.

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9 occurrences9 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Samuel 18:5

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Every verse containing “behaved”

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1 Samuel 18:5
¶ And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 18:5 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid went out, whither soeuer Saul sent him, and behaued himselfe wisely: and Saul set him ouer the men of warre, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sauls seruants.

1611 marginal noteOr, prospered.

1 Samuel 18:14
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 18:14 · retained source text

And Dauid behaued himselfe wisely in all his wayes; & the LORD was with him.

1611 marginal noteOr, prospered.

1 Samuel 18:15
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 18:15 · retained source text

Wherefore when Saul saw that hee behaued himselfe very wisely, hee was afraid of him.

1 Samuel 18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 18:30 · retained source text

Then the Princes of the Philistines went foorth: and it came to passe after they went foorth, that Dauid behaued himselfe more wisely then all the seruants of Saul, so that his name was much set by.

1611 marginal noteHebr. precious.

Psalms 35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 35:14 · retained source text

I behaued my selfe as though he had bene my friend, or brother: I bowed downe heauily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

1611 marginal noteHeb. walked.

1611 marginal noteHeb. as a friend, as a brother to me.

Psalms 131:2
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 131:2 · retained source text

Surely I haue behaued and quieted my selfe as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soule is euen as a weaned childe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. my soule.

Micah 3:4
Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 3:4 · retained source text

Then shall they cry vnto the LORD, but he will not heare them: he will euen hide his face from them at that time, as they haue behaued themselues ill in their doings.

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