Bible Dictionary
REQUIRE
To require means to seek after, ask, demand, or call for something. Biblical usage includes requesting information, demanding an obligation, and seeking what is due.
Definition
To require originally meant to seek after and therefore came to mean ask or demand. The word may express a request for information, a demand, or an obligation that is called for.
Biblical Usage
The King James Version uses “require” in contexts involving asking, seeking, demanding, and what is expected or owed. The Revised Version makes little change to these uses.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>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.</p>