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Issachar

The fifth son of Jacob and Leah, Gen. xxx, 14–18. Issachar is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “reward; recompense.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H3485, G2466
Hebrew
יִשָּׂשכָר · Yissâˢkâr
Greek
Ἰσαχάρ · Isachar
Name meaning
reward; recompense According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἰσαχάρ

G2466
Transliteration
Isachar
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Issachar

Lexicon definition

Ἰσσαχάρ (Rec. Ἰσαχ-, Ἰσασχ- (Elz.), T, -άχαρ), ὁ indecl. (FlJ, Ἰσάχαρις, Ἰσάσχ-) (Heb. יִשָּׂשכָר, Gen.30:18), Issachar: Rev.7:7.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

יִשָּׂשכָר

H3485
Transliteration
Yissâˢkâr
Pronunciation
yis-saw-kawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
43

Glosses

Issachar.

Lexicon definition

Jissaskar, a son of Jacob

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Ἰσαχάρ

G2466
Transliteration
Isachár
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Issachar

Lexicon definition

Isachar (i.e. Jissaskar), a son of Jacob (figuratively, his descendant)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Issachar

reward; recompense

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ISSACHAR

the fifth son of Jacob and Leah, Gen. xxx, 14–18. He had four sons, Tola, Phovah, Job, and Shimron. We know nothing particular of his life. The tribe of Issachar had its portion in one of the best parts of the land of Canaan, along the great plain or valley of Jezreel, with the half tribe of Manasseh to the south, that of Zebulun to the north, the Mediterranean to the west, and Jordan, with the extremity of the sea of Tiberias, to the east.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Issachar

Indexed occurrences: 42

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All Scripture references56 references

Genesis 4

Genesis 30:18Genesis 35:23Genesis 46:13Genesis 49:14

Exodus 1

Exodus 1:3

Numbers 11

Numbers 1:8Numbers 1:28Numbers 1:29Numbers 2:3Numbers 2:5Numbers 7:18Numbers 10:15Numbers 13:7Numbers 26:23Numbers 26:25Numbers 34:26

Deuteronomy 2

Deuteronomy 27:12Deuteronomy 33:18

Joshua 6

Joshua 17:10Joshua 17:11Joshua 19:17Joshua 19:23Joshua 21:6Joshua 21:28

Judges 2

Judges 5:15Judges 10:1

1 Kings 4

1 Kings 4:171 Kings 13:231 Kings 15:271 Kings 18:45

2 Kings 4

2 Kings 6:252 Kings 9:142 Kings 9:302 Kings 15:29

1 Chronicles 13

1 Chronicles 2:11 Chronicles 6:471 Chronicles 6:571 Chronicles 6:621 Chronicles 6:721 Chronicles 7:11 Chronicles 7:51 Chronicles 12:321 Chronicles 12:331 Chronicles 12:401 Chronicles 12:411 Chronicles 26:51 Chronicles 27:18

2 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 30:18

Job 4

Job 1:3Job 11:12Job 39:5Job 39:6

Ezekiel 3

Ezekiel 48:25Ezekiel 48:26Ezekiel 48:33

Revelation 1

Revelation 7:7

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Issachar

Meaning:
reward; recompense

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Ass

Frequently mentioned throughout Scripture. Of the domesticated species we read of, (1.) The she ass (Heb. athon), so named from its slowness (Gen. 12:16; 45:23; Num. 22:23; 1 Sam. 9:3). (2.) The male ass (Heb. hamor), the common working ass of Western Asia, so called from its red colour. Issachar is compared to a strong ass (Gen. 49:14). It was forbidden to yoke together an ass and an ox in the plough (Deut. 22:10). (3.) The ass's colt (Heb. air), mentioned Judg. 10:4; 12:14. It is rendered "foal" in Gen. 32:15; 49:11. (Comp. Job 11:12; Isa. 30:6.) The ass is an unclean animal, because it does not chew the cud (Lev. 11:26. Comp. 2 Kings 6:25). Asses constituted a considerable portion of wealth in ancient times (Gen. 12:16; 30:43; 1 Chr. 27:30; Job 1:3; 42:12). They were noted for their spirit and their attachment to their master (Isa. 1:3). They are frequently spoken of as having been ridden upon, as by Abraham (Gen. 22:3), Balaam (Num. 22:21), the disobedient prophet (1 Kings 13:23), the family of Abdon the judge, seventy in number (Judg. 12:14), Zipporah (Ex. 4:20), the Shunammite (1 Sam. 25:30), etc. Zechariah (9:9) predicted our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, "riding upon an ass, and upon a colt," etc. (Matt. 21:5, R.V.). Of wild asses two species are noticed, (1) that called in Hebrew 'arod, mentioned Job 39:5 and Dan. 5:21, noted for its swiftness; and (2) that called pe're, the wild ass of Asia (Job 39:6-8; 6:5; 11:12; Isa. 32:14; Jer. 2:24; 14:6, etc.). The wild ass was distinguished for its fleetness and its extreme shyness. In allusion to his mode of life, Ishmael is likened to a wild ass (Gen. 16:12. Here the word is simply rendered "wild" in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version, "wild-ass among men").

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Endor

Fountain of Dor; i.e., "of the age", a place in the territory of Issachar (Josh. 17:11) near the scene of the great victory which was gained by Deborah and Barak over Sisera and Jabin (comp. Ps. 83:9, 10). To Endor, Saul resorted to consult one reputed to be a witch on the eve of his last engagement with the Philistines (1 Sam. 28:7). It is identified with the modern village of Endur, "a dirty hamlet of some twenty houses, or rather huts, most of them falling to ruin," on the northern slope of Little Hermon, about 7 miles from Jezreel.

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Issachar

reward; recompense

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Jezreel

God scatters. (1.) A town of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1 Kings 18:45; 21:1; 2 Kings 9:30). Here Elijah met Ahab, Jehu, and Bidkar; and here Jehu executed his dreadful commission against the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9:14-37; 10:1-11). It has been identified with the modern Zerin, on the most western point of the range of Gilboa, reaching down into the great and fertile valley of Jezreel, to which it gave its name. (2.) A town in Judah (Josh. 15:56), to the south-east of Hebron. Ahinoam, one of David's wives, probably belonged to this place (1 Sam. 27:3). (3.) A symbolical name given by Hosea to his oldest son (Hos. 1:4), in token of a great slaughter predicted by him, like that which had formerly taken place in the plain of Esdraelon (comp. Hos. 1:4, 5).

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Kedesh

Sanctuary. (1.) A place in the extreme south of Judah (Josh. 15:23). Probably the same as Kadesh-barnea (q.v.). (2.) A city of Issachar (1 Chr. 6:72). Possibly Tell Abu Kadeis, near Lejjun. (3.) A "fenced city" of Naphtali, one of the cities of refuge (Josh. 19:37; Judg. 4:6). It was assigned to the Gershonite Levites (Josh. 21:32). It was originally a Canaanite royal city (Josh. 12:22), and was the residence of Barak (Judg. 4:6); and here he and Deborah assembled the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali before the commencement of the conflict with Sisera in the plain of Esdraelon, "for Yahweh among the mighty" (9, 10). In the reign of Pekah it was taken by Tiglath-Pileser (2 Kings 15:29). It was situated near the "plain" (rather "the oak") of Zaanaim, and has been identified with the modern Kedes, on the hills fully four miles north-west of Lake El Huleh. It has been supposed by some that the Kedesh of the narrative, where Barak assembled his troops, was not the place in Upper Galilee so named, which was 30 miles distant from the plain of Esdraelon, but Kedish, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, 12 miles from Tabor.

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Shimrom

Watchman, the fourth son of Issachar (Gen. 46:13; 1 Chr. 7:1; R.V., correctly, "Shimron").

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Zebulun, Lot of

In Galilee, to the north of Issachar and south of Asher and Naphtali (Josh. 19:10-16), and between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean. According to ancient prophecy this part of Galilee enjoyed a large share of our Lord's public ministry (Isa. 9:1, 2; Matt. 4:12-16).

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