Issachar
יִשָּׂשכָרStrong’s H3485yissaskhar (yis-sa-s-khar)
Appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yissaskhar is the Hebrew word usually translated “issachar”. It appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.18
- The 9th son of Jacob and the 5th by Leah his first wife and the progenitor of a tribe by his name
- A Korahite Levite and the 7th son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper to the temple
- The tribe descended from Issachar the son of Jacob
How it's translated
- issachar 32
- and issachar 5
- for issachar 3
- in issachar 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 10
- 1 Chronicles 9
- Joshua 6
- Genesis 4
- Ezekiel 3
- Deuteronomy 2
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
- Genesis 46:13And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
- Genesis 49:14Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
- Exodus 1:3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
- Numbers 1:8Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
- Numbers 1:28Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
All 40 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
יִשָּׂשכָר yissaskhar · Issachar
A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.18; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Tola (H8439), Puah (H6312), Jashub (H3437H) and Shimron (H8110B) Also named: Isachar (Ἰσαχάρ "Issachar" G2466) § Issachar = "there is recompense" …
יִשָּׂשכָר yissaskhar · Issachar
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.5; son of: Obed-edom (H5654); brother of: Shemaiah (H8098I), Jehozabad (H3075H), Joah (H3098I), Sachar (H7940), Nethanel (H5417K), Ammiel (H5988I) and Peullethai (H6469) § Issachar = "there is recompense" 1) the 9th son of Jacob and the 5th by Leah his first wife and the progenitor of a tribe by his name 2) a Korahite Levite and the 7th son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper to the temple 3) the tribe descended from Issachar the son of Jacob …
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.