CALUMNY. Isaac’s herds-men gave the name of Calumny1, or Injustice and Violence, to the Well which they had dug in the neighbourhood of Gerar, and which the Shepherds belonging to Abimelech King of Gerar by force took from them, Genes. xxvi. 20. The word Calumny in the Scripture style is often taken for Injustice, Violence, Fraud, Oppression.
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Translators’ note. Our English Translation more truly expresses the sense of the original word ,עשקwhich it renders Contention; and thus it is interpreted by Buxtorf. ↩