KJV dictionary & concordance
Was necessary, fitting, proper, or required.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Luke 24:46
Complete exact-word concordance
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
And said vnto them, Thus it is written, & thus it behoued Christ to suffer, & to rise from the dead the third day:
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Wherfore in all things it behooued him to bee made like vnto his brethren, that he might be a mercifull and faithfull high Priest, in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sinnes of the people.
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