יִשָּׂשכָרYissâˢkâr
proper name, masculine: Issachar
Pronunciation: yis-saw-kawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3485
Meanings
1. fifth son of Jacob and Leah (apparently ninth son of Jacob) (Genesis 30:18; Genesis 35:23; Genesis 46:13)
2. 7th son of Obed-Edom (1 Chronicles 26:5)
Same root
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼ · H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- שָׂכָרsâkâr · H7939payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
- ἸσαχάρIsachár · G2466Isachar (i.e. Jissaskar), a son of Jacob (figuratively, his descendant)
Where it appears
Appears 43 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:18 She named him Issachar, for she said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband as a wife.”
- Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob’s oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Genesis 46:13 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
- Genesis 49:14 “Issachar is a sturdy donkey, resting between two saddlepacks.
- Exodus 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
- Numbers 1:8 Issachar Nethanel son of Zuar
See every passage
- Genesis 30:18, 35:23, 46:13, 49:14
- Exodus 1:3
- Numbers 1:8, 1:28, 1:29, 2:5, 7:18, 10:15, 13:7, 26:23, 26:25, 34:26
- Deuteronomy 27:12, 33:18
- Joshua 17:10, 17:11, 19:17, 19:23, 21:6, 21:28
- Judges 5:15, 10:1
- 1 Kings 4:17, 15:27
- 1 Chronicles 2:1, 6:62, 6:72, 7:1, 7:5, 12:32, 12:40, 26:5, 27:18
- 2 Chronicles 30:18
- Ezekiel 48:25, 48:26, 48:33
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).