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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ζητέω

(Strong's #2212 — Verb — zeteo — dzay-teh'-o )

"to seek, seek after," also signifies "to require, demand," "shall be required," Luke 12:48; in 1 Corinthians 4:2 , "it is required (in stewards)." See DESIRE , Note (2), ENDEAVOR , GO , Note (2) (a), SEEK.

2: ἐκζητέω

(Strong's #1567 — Verb — ekzeteo — ek-zay-teh'-o )

"to seek out" (ek, "out," and No. 1), also denotes "to demand, require," Luke 11:50,51 , of executing vengeance for the slaughter of the prophets (cp. 2 Samuel 4:11; Ezekiel 3:18 ). See SEEK.

3: ἀπαιτέω

(Strong's #523 — — apaiteo — ap-ah'ee-teh-o )

"to ask back, demand back" (apo, "from," or "back," aiteo, "to ask"), is translated "shall be required" in Luke 12:20 , lit. "do they require," in the impersonal sense; elsewhere, Luke 6:30 , "to ask again." It is used in the papyri frequently in the sense of "demanding, making demands."

4: πράσσω

(Strong's #4238 — Verb — prasso — pras'-so )

"to do, practice, perform," is used financially in the sense of "exacting" payment, in Luke 19:23 . See EXTORT , A.

Notes: (1) In Luke 23:23 , AV, aiteo, "to ask" (Middle Voice) is translated "requiring" (RV, "asking'); so in 1 Corinthians 1:22 (Active Voice, AV, "require" (RV, "ask"). (2) In Luke 23:24 , AV, the noun aitema (see REQUEST), "that which is asked for," is translated "as they required" (RV, "what they asked for"). (3) In 1 Corinthians 7:36 the rendering "need so requireth" (RV) represents the phrase houtos ("thus") opheilei ("it ought") genesthai ("to become," i.e., "to be done").

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Require'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/require.html. 1940.
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