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require

Meaning of “require”

To ask, demand, call for, or hold someone accountable for what is due.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
29 occurrences27 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:5

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1 Kings 8:59
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:59 · retained source text

And let these my wordes wherewith I haue made supplication before the LORD, be nigh vnto the LORD our God, day and night, that hee maintaine the cause of his seruant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the thing of a day in his day.

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