Esek

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A well in the valley of Gerar, dug by the servants of Isaac, and striven for by the servants of Abimelech; hence its name, which signifies 'strife.'  Genesis 26:20 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

E'sek. (contention). A well which the herdsmen of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar.  Genesis 26:20.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Esek (‘contention,’   Genesis 26:20 ). A well dug by Isaac in the region near Rehoboth and Gerar. The site is unknown.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("calumny, wrong".) A well dug by Isaac's men, but abandoned when the men of Gerar strove for it ( Genesis 26:20).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 26:18-22

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 26:20

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew id. עֵשֶׂק, quarrel; Sept. and Vulg. translate Ἀδικία, calumnia, as if reading עשֶׁק ), a well (בְּאֵר ) containing a spring of water, which the herdsmen of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar, and which received its name because the herdmen of Gerar quarreled הַתְעִשְׁקוּ, wrangled, Sept. ἠδίκησαν, Vulg. evasively, A.V. "strove;" but different from the וִיָּרַיבוּ of the preceding clause, ἐμαχήσαντο , jurgiun fuit, "strove") with him for the possession of it ( Genesis 26:20). Isaac seems to have therefore relinquished it. It appears not to have been one of those which Abraham had previously dug ( Genesis 26:18; the contest there was a question of title, here of possession). There are still several wells in this vicinity. (See Gerar).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ē´sek ( עשׂק , ‛ēseḳ  ; Septuagint Ἀδικία , Adikı́a ): The name given by Isaac to a well dug by his servants, for the use of which the herdsmen of Gerar strove with them - "contention" ( Genesis 26:20 ). It lay in the neighborhood of Rehoboth and Gerar: but the site is not identified.