6229 - asaq

Strong's Concordance

Original word: עָשַׂק
Transliteration: asaq
Definition (short): contended
Definition (full): to press upon, quarrel

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to contend
NASB Translation: contended (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root (identical with ashaq); to press upon, i.e. Quarrel; --strive with.

see HEBREW ashaq

KJV: And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
NASB: the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.