Obs. Forms: 1 behoefe, behefe, 3 biheue. [OE. behéfe, earlier bihóefe:—*bihofio-, adj. f. *bihóf- BEHOOF, meaning ‘of behoof, of use.’] Profitable, useful, needful.
c. 975. Rushw. Gosp., Mark xi. 3. Cweoðas ðætte drihtne bihoefe [Lindisf. behoflic] vel ned-ðarf is.
c. 1000. Ags. G., Luke xiv. 28. Þa and-fengas þe him behefe synt.
a. 1225. Juliana, 46. Nis nawt þe biheve.
