Bible Dictionaries
Behoove

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; - mostly used impersonally.

(2):

(v. i.) To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.

(3):

(n.) Advantage; behoof.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Behoove'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/behoove.html. 1828.