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עֵשֶׂק Esek

Every verse in which this name stands — 1 place, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 470×1 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Genesis 26:20.

Genesis 26:20בראשית כו:כ

וַיָּרִיבוּ רֹעֵי גְרָר עִם־רֹעֵי יִצְחָק לֵאמֹר לָנוּ הַמָּיִם וַיִּקְרָא שֵֽׁם־הַבְּאֵר עֵשֶׂק כִּי הִֽתְעַשְּׂקוּ עִמּֽוֹ

And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdmen, saying: ‘The water is ours.’ And he called the name of the well Esek; because they contended with him.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Esek?

Esek — עשק in Hebrew — has a gematria of 470 in the standard method.

How many times is Esek named in the Tanakh?

1 time, first at Genesis 26:20.

A spelling is not a name. The written word עשק stands 14 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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