Word Study · Strong's H3485 · Hebrew
יִשָּׂשכָר
Yissaˢkar
yis-saw-kawr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yissâˢkâr
“Jissaskar, a son of Jacob”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Jissaskar, a son of Jacob
Rendered in the KJV as
Issachar.
- 43occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 25inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 43 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 25
- יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר5
- יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר4
- וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר3
- יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר3
- יִשָׂשכָ֑ר2
- יִשָׂשכָ֖ר2
- יִשָׂשכָ֔ר2
- יִשָׂשכָ֗ר2
- יִשָּׂשכָר֙2
- יִשָּׂשכָֽר׃2
- לְיִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔ר2
- בְּיִשָּׂשכָ֣ר1
and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Issachar32
- and Issachar4
- for Issachar3
- in Issachar3
- and on Issachar1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)32
- preposition + proper noun (a name)6
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 32
- HR/Npm · 6
- HC/Npm · 4
- HC/R/Npm · 1
All 43, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Numbers11 of 43 · 26%
- 1 Chronicles9 of 43 · 21%
- Joshua7 of 43 · 16%
- Genesis4 of 43 · 9%
- Judges3 of 43 · 7%
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Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 30:18יִשָּׂשכָֽר׃yisoshkharproper noun (a name)Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.here: Issachar
- Genesis 35:23וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖רveyisoshkharconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.here: and Issachar
- Genesis 46:13יִשָׂשכָ֑רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.here: Issachar
- Genesis 49:14יִשָּׂשכָ֖רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.here: Issachar
Exodus1 occurrence
Numbers11 occurrences
- Numbers 1:8לְיִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔רleyisoshkharpreposition + proper noun (a name)from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;here: for Issachar
- Numbers 1:28יִשָּׂשכָ֔רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)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,here: Issachar
- Numbers 1:29יִשָּׂשכָ֑רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.here: Issachar
- Numbers 2:5יִשָּׂשכָ֑רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,here: Issachar
- Numbers 2:5יִשָּׂשכָ֔רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,here: Issachar
- Numbers 7:18יִשָּׂשכָֽר׃yisoshkharproper noun (a name)On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near.here: Issachar
- Numbers 10:15יִשָׂשכָ֑רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,here: Issachar
- Numbers 13:7יִשָּׂשכָ֔רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;here: Issachar
- Numbers 26:23יִשָּׂשכָר֙yisashkharproper noun (a name)These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah,here: Issachar
- Numbers 26:25יִשָּׂשכָ֖רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)These were the clans of Issachar, and their registration numbered 64,300.here: Issachar
- Numbers 34:26יִשָׂשכָ֖רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar;here: Issachar
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 27:12וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖רveyisoshkharconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.here: and Issachar
- Deuteronomy 33:18וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖רveyisoshkharconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.here: and Issachar
Joshua7 occurrences
- Joshua 17:10וּבְיִשָּׂשכָ֖רuveyisoshkharconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.here: and on Issachar
- Joshua 17:11בְּיִשָּׂשכָ֣רbeyisoshkharpreposition + proper noun (a name)Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.here: in Issachar
- Joshua 19:17לְיִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔רleyisoshkharpreposition + proper noun (a name)The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:here: for Issachar
- Joshua 19:17יִשָּׂשכָ֖רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:here: Issachar
- Joshua 19:23יִשָּׂשכָ֖רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Issachar, including these cities and their villages.here: Issachar
- Joshua 21:6יִשָּׂשכָ֣רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.here: Issachar
- Joshua 21:28יִשָּׂשכָ֔רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kishion, Daberath,here: Issachar
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 5:15בְּיִשָּׂשכָר֙beyisashkharpreposition + proper noun (a name)The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.here: in Issachar
- Judges 5:15וְיִשָּׂשכָר֙veyisashkharconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.here: and Issachar
- Judges 10:1יִשָּׂשכָ֑רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.here: Issachar
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:17בְּיִשָׂשכָֽר׃ סbeyisoshkharpreposition + proper noun (a name)Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;here: in Issachar
- 1 Kings 15:27יִשָּׂשכָ֔רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.here: Issachar
1 Chronicles9 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:1יִשָׂשכָ֖רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)These were the sons of Israel:here: Issachar
- 1 Chronicles 6:62יִ֠שָׂשכָרyisoshkhorproper noun (a name)The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.here: Issachar
- 1 Chronicles 6:72יִשָׂשכָ֔רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kedesh, Daberath,here: Issachar
- 1 Chronicles 7:1יִשָׂשכָ֗רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.here: Issachar
- 1 Chronicles 7:5יִשָׂשכָ֔רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.here: Issachar
- 1 Chronicles 12:32יִשָּׂשכָ֗רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.here: Issachar
- 1 Chronicles 12:40יִשָׂשכָ֨רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.here: Issachar
- 1 Chronicles 26:5יִשָׂשכָ֣רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth. For God had blessed Obed-edom.here: Issachar
- 1 Chronicles 27:18לְיִ֨שָׂשכָ֔רleyisoshkharpreposition + proper noun (a name)over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;here: for Issachar
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 48:25יִשָׂשכָ֥רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.here: Issachar
- Ezekiel 48:26יִשָׂשכָ֗רyisoshkharproper noun (a name)Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.here: Issachar
- Ezekiel 48:33יִשָּׂשכָר֙yisashkharproper noun (a name)On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.here: Issachar