Dictionaries :: Esek

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Esek:

quarrel, a well which Isaac's herdsmen dug in the valley of Gerar, and so called because the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with them for its possession (Gen 26:20).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Esek:

contention

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Esek:

e'-sek (eseq; Septuagint Adikia):

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" (Ge 26:20). It lay in the neighborhood of Rehoboth and Gerar: but the site is not identified.

Nave's Topical Bible

Esek: A Well Dug by the Servants of Isaac

Gen 26:20

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Esek:

(contention) a well which the herdsmen of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar (Genesis 26:20).