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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66031" /> ==
<p> 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.' &nbsp;Genesis 26:20 . </p>
        
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72318" /> ==
<p> '''E'sek.''' ''(Contention).'' A well which the herdsmen of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar. &nbsp;Genesis 26:20. </p>
        
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50980" /> ==
<p> <strong> ESEK </strong> (‘contention,’ &nbsp; [[Genesis]] 26:20 ). A well dug by Isaac in the region near [[Rehoboth]] and Gerar. The site is unknown. </p>
        
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35197" /> ==
<p> ("calumny, wrong".) A well dug by Isaac's men, but abandoned when the men of [[Gerar]] strove for it (&nbsp;Genesis 26:20). </p>
        
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40118" /> ==
&nbsp;Genesis 26:18-22
        
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31454" /> ==
&nbsp;Genesis 26:20
        
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39175" /> ==
<p> (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 (&nbsp;Genesis 26:20). Isaac seems to have therefore relinquished it. It appears not to have been one of those which [[Abraham]] had previously dug (&nbsp;Genesis 26:18; the contest there was a question of title, here of possession). There are still several wells in this vicinity. (See Gerar). </p>
        
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3455" /> ==
<p> ''''' ē´sek ''''' ( עשׂק , <i> ''''' ‛ēseḳ ''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] Ἀδικία , <i> ''''' Adikı́a ''''' </i> ): 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" (&nbsp;Genesis 26:20 ). It lay in the neighborhood of Rehoboth and Gerar: but the site is not identified. </p>
        
==References ==
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<ref name="term_66031"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/esek Esek from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_72318"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/esek Esek from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_50980"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/esek Esek from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_35197"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/esek Esek from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_40118"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/esek Esek from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_31454"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/esek Esek from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_39175"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/esek Esek from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_3455"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/esek Esek from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
        
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