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(Hebrew id. òֵùֶׂ÷ , quarrel; Sept. and Vulg. translate Á᾿äéêßá , calumnia, as if reading òùֶׁ÷ ), a well ( áְּàֵø ) containing a spring of water, which the herdsmen of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar, and which received its name because the herdmen of Gerar quarreled äַúְòִùְׁ÷åּ , wrangled, Sept. ἠäßêçóáí , Vulg. evasively, A.V. "strove;" but different from the åִéָּøַéáåּ of the preceding clause, ἐìá÷ήóáíôï , jurgiun fuit, "strove") with him for the possession of it (Gen_26:20). Isaac seems to have therefore relinquished it. It appears not to have been one of those which Abraham had previously dug (Gen_26:18; the contest there was a question of title, here of possession). There are still several wells in this vicinity. SEE GERAR.