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עֵשֶׂק

e.seq

Esek

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Strong’s H6230Proper name, a place1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

esek1

In the text

Genesis 26:20עֵשֶׂק
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֵ֫שֶׂק n.pr.font. in SW. Pal. Gn 26:20 (expl. as contention)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.