- Original: עשׂק - Transliteration: `asaq - Phonetic: aw-sak - Definition: 1. (Hithpael) to strive, contend, quarrel - Origin: a primitive root (identical with H6231 ) - TWOT entry: 1710 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (identical with H6231 ); to press upon that is quarrel: - strive with. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • strove, 1 Genesis 26:20