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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bē̇ - hoov ´: Used in the New Testament for two Greek words deı́ ( Luke 24:26;  Acts 17:3 ) and opheı́lō ( Hebrews 2:17 ); the former referring to a physical, and the latter to a moral, necessity (Bengelon,  1 Corinthians 11:10 ). The former means "must," that is, it is required by the order which God has ordained; the latter, "ought," that is, it is required as a debt.