King James Bible Dictionary

REQUI'RE, verb transitive [Latin requiro; re and quaero, to seek. See Query.]

1. To demand; to ask, as of right and by authority. We require a person to do a thing, and we require a thing to be done.

Why then doth my lord require this thing? 1 Chronicles 21:3.

2. To claim; to render necessary; as a duty or any thing indispensable; as, the law of God requires strict obedience.

3. To ask as a favor; to request.

I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way. Ezra 8:22.

[In this sense, the word is rarely used.]

4. To call to account for.

I will require my flock at their hand. Ezekiel 34:10.

5. To make necessary; to need; to demand.

The king's business required haste. 1 Samuel 21:8.

6. To avenge; to take satisfaction for. 1 Samuel 20:16.

REQUI'RED, participle passive Demanded; needed; necessary.

REQUI'REMENT, noun Demand; requisition.

This ruler was one of those who believe that they can fill us every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness.

The Bristol water is of service where the secretions exceed the requirements of health.

REQUI'RER, noun One who requires.