BEHA'VE,
1. To restrain to govern to subdue.
He did behave his anger e'er 'twas spent.
This sense is obsolete. Yet it often seems to be implied for to behave one's self, is really, to govern one's self to have in command.
2. To carry to conduct used with the reciprocal pronoun as, he behaves himself manfully. But the tendency of modern usage is to omit the pronoun as, he behaves well.
BEHA'VE, To act to conduct generally applied to manners, or to conduct in any particular business and in a good or bad sense. He behaves well or will.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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