Words the Bible translates as require
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- baqashבָּקַשׁto seek: to go after something or someone you want, whether by looking for it, working to get it, or asking for it
- darashדָּרַשׁto seek something out with care and effort, going after it deliberately until it is found, answered, or settled
- ekzēteōἐκζητέωto require a reckoning: to demand that blood already shed be traced back and answered for
+1 more meaning
- to search something out: to go after a person, a thing, or an answer with real effort, until it is found or understood
- prassōπράσσωto do, carry out, or practice something: to perform an action or keep up a pattern of conduct.
+2 more meanings
- to exact, collect, or demand money owed: taxes, interest, or a debt.
- to fare, to be in a certain condition: how things stand or go for someone.
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