Strong's Hebrew · H6229
H6229 ʻâsaq
עָשַׂק
aw-sak
to contend
ʻâsaq appears once in Scripture, in Genesis 26:20. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to press upon, i.e. quarrel
In the King James Version
strive with.
Derivation
a primitive root (identical with H6231 (עָשַׁק));
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“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.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
