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Require 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, Ecc 3:15, Ezr 8:22, 1Co 4:2),...

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Require 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, Ecc 3:15, Ezr 8:22, 1Co 4:2), and the Revised Version (British and American) has made little change.

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