de-mand': The peremptory, imperative sense is absent from this word in its occurrences in the King James Version, where it means no more than "ask," "inquire" (compare French, demander) one or the other of which the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes in2Sa 11:7;Mt 2:4;Lu 3:14;17:20;Ac 21:33. the Revised Version (British and American) retains "demand" inEx 5:14;Job 38:3;40:7;42:4;Da 2:27; and inserts it (the King James Version "require") inNe 5:18.
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.