Strong's Hebrew · H3485

H3485 Yissâˢkâr

יִשָּׂשכָר

yis-saw-kawr'

Issachar

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Yissâˢkâr appears 43 times in Scripture, including Genesis 30:18 and Exodus 1:3. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Jissaskar, a son of Jacob

In the King James Version

Issachar.

Derivation

(strictly yis-saws-kawr'); from H5375 (נָשָׂא) and H7939 (שָׂכָר); he will bring a reward;

Appears 43 times in Scripture

Exodus 1:3

“Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;”

Numbers 7:18

“On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near.”

Numbers 1:8

“from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;”

Genesis 49:14

“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.”

Genesis 35:23

“The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.”

Numbers 1:28

“From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,”

Genesis 30:18

“Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.”

Numbers 2:5

“The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,”

Numbers 1:29

“those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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