Issachar

See also: Issachâr

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יִשָּׂשׁכָר (“Issachar”), a son of Jacob.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪ.səˌkɑː(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪ.səˌkɑɹ/

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• Hyphenation: Is‧sa‧char

Proper noun

Issachar

1. (biblical) Ninth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26:

     Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 21:28:

     And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Issachar.
3. A male given name from Hebrew

Derived terms

• Issacharite

Translations

ninth son of Jacob

• Faroese: Issakar m
• French: Issachar m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἰσαχάρ m (Isakhár)

• Hebrew: יִשָּׂשׁכָר (he)
• Irish: Íosácár m
• Kazakh: Исашар (İsaşar)
• Portuguese: Issacar m
• Spanish: Isacar m

one of the Israelite tribes

• Faroese: Issakar m
• Hebrew: יִשָּׂשׁכָר (he)

male given name

• Hebrew: יִשָּׂשׁכָר (he)

Further reading

• Issachar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tribe of Issachar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Issachar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Asiarchs, asiarchs