violence, force
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ESHEK.A descendant of Saul (1Ch_8:39).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1Ch_8:39-40.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
E'shek. (oppression). One of the late descendants of Saul. 1Ch_8:39.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ē?shek (עשׁק, ‛ēsheḳ, ?oppressor?): A descendant of Jonathan, son of Saul, first king of Israel (1Ch_8:39).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Eshek
(Hebrews id. עֵשֶׁק, oppression; Sept. Ε᾿σελέκ v. r. Α᾿σήλ, Vulg. Esec): brother of Azel (q.v.), a Benjamite, one of the late descendants of king Saul; he was the father of several sons, among them Ulam, the founder of a large and noted family of archers, lit. "treaders of the bow" (1Ch_8:39). B.C. ante 588. They are omitted in the parallel list of 1Ch_9:35-44.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.