Dictionaries :: Behove

King James Dictionary

Behove: To Be Necessary; Needful.

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, 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 that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:45-47)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Behove:

"to owe," is once rendered "behove," Hbr 2:17; it indicates a necessity, owing to the nature of the matter under consideration; in this instance, the fulfillment of the justice and love of God, voluntarily exhibited in what Christ accomplished, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest.
See BOUND, DEBT, DUE, DUTY, GUILTY, INDEBTED, MUST, NEED, OUGHT, OWE.

Behove:

"it is necessary," is rendered "behoved," in Luk 24:46; RV, (that the Christ) "should" (suffer). Dei expresses a logical necessity, opheilo, a moral obligation; cp. chre, Jam 3:10, "ought," which expresses a need resulting from the fitness of things (Trench, cvii).
See MEET, MUST, NEED, OUGHT.