Hyphenation of behest

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word behest? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

be-hest

Definitions of behest:

1.	An authoritative command or request

Synonyms of behest:

noun	command, bid, bidding, dictation

Last hyphenations of this language

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