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.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Require
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.