Quick Definition
to contend
Strong's Definition
to press upon, i.e. quarrel
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with H6231 (עָשַׁק));
KJV Usage: strive with.
TWOT Reference: 1710
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Hithpael) to strive, contend, quarrel
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָשַׂק (a.saq) — to contend. (Hithpael) to strive, contend, quarrel
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עֵשֶׂק
Conflict | verb hit
to quarrel, to contend = action by which humans initiate an argument or conflict with other humans
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָשַׂק] vb. Hithp. contend;—Gn 26:20 ref