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required

Meaning of “required”

Past-tense or past-participial form of require (to ask, demand, call for, or hold someone accountable for what is due).

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
22 occurrences21 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 42:22

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2 Samuel 12:20
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
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Then Dauid arose from the earth and washed, and anointed himselfe, and changed his apparell, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then hee came to his owne house, and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eate.

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Demanded; needed; necessary.

volume 2, leaf 465, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 171)

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