Bible Names

Esek: meaning of the name

Esek means “contention.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Esek in Hebrew and Greek

עֵשֶׂק H6230

ʻêseq (ay'sek) — strife

from H6229 (עָשַׂק);

Places named Esek

Esek in Scripture

“Esek” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 26:20

    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.