re-kwir': "Require" meant originally "seek after," whence "ask," and so (as in modern English) "demand." All meanings are common in the King James Version (e.g.1Sa 21:8;Ec 3:15;Ezr 8:22;1Co 4:2), and the Revised Version (British and American) has made little change.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.