Issachar (son of Jacob)

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Issachar (son of Jacob)

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

The ninth son born to Jacob, the fifth by his wife Leah (Gen 30:17–18). The ancestor of the tribe of Issachar.

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Issachar, Son of Jacob

Issachar, Son of Jacob (יִשָּׂשכָרן‎, yissoshkharn; Ἰσσαχάρ, Issachar). The ninth son born to Jacob, the fifth by his wife Leah (Gen 30:17–18). The ancestor of the tribe of Issachar.

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Issachar (Person)

ISSACHAR (PERSON) [Heb yiśśākār (יִשָּׂכָר‎) (Q); yiśśāśkār (יִשָּׂשָׂכָּר‎) (K)]. 1. The eponymous ancestor of the Israelite tribe of Issachar, and the fifth son that Leah bore to Israel’s eponymous ancestor Jacob (Gen 30:17–18). The etymology of the name is problematic, and any attempt to understand

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Issachar (Person)

Issachar (Person). 1. Jacob’s 9th son, the 5th by his wife Leah (Gn 30:17, 18); his name perhaps means “reward” (v 18). Jacob, in his final message to his 12 sons, says, “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheep folds” (49:14 nasb) and the picture suggested is a loaded donkey who refuses

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Issachar

1. The ninth son of Jacob, the fifth born to him by Leah (Gen. 30:17f); also the tribe named for him. His birth is, in this passage, connected with the strange story of Reuben and his mandrakes; and the name given him is apparently conceived as derived from Heb. ʾîš śāḵār, “a hired workman.” There

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Issachar (Person)

ISSACHAR (Person)1. Jacob’s ninth son, the fifth by his wife Leah (Gn 30:17–18); his name perhaps means “reward.” Jacob, in his final message to his 12 sons says, “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds” (49:14, nasb); the picture suggested is a loaded donkey who refuses to move

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Issachar

Issachar (is´uh-kahr´; Heb., “hire”).1 The ninth son of Jacob, his fifth by Leah (Gen. 30:14–18), and the eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Issachar and his four sons immigrated to Egypt with Jacob’s family (Gen. 46:13; Exod. 1:3; Num. 26:23–24; 1 Chron. 7:1). Jacob’s blessing

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Issachar

ISSACHAR. The ninth son of Jacob, the fifth by Leah (Gen 30:17–18; 35:23). The sons of Issachar were “Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron” (Gen 46:13), and were among those who moved to Egypt when Joseph sent the wagons from Egypt for his father Jacob and his family.Before Jacob died he called his

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition

Issachar

ISSACHAR. 1. The fifth son of Jacob and Leah and the ninth son of Jacob (Gn. 30:18; 35:23). The name may derive from a compound of Heb. ’îš, ‘man’, and śāḵār, ‘wages’, hence ‘a hired worker’, although others suggest a less likely connection with a verbal form, meaning, ‘May (God) show mercy’. Issachar’s

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Issachar

Issachar (Heb. yikkāḵār)1. The fifth son of Leah and Jacob, and eponymous ancestor for the Israelite tribe of Issachar. The meaning of the name is difficult to discern, but the story of Issachar’s conception seems to shed some light. Gen. 30 relates a story of Leah’s son Reuben’s finding some mandrakes

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Issachar

Issachar [ĭsˊə kər] (Heb. K yišśs̄ḵār; Q yiśśāḵār “hired worker” or “let there be recompense”).†

Catholic Bible Dictionary

Issachar

ISSACHAR (Hebrew, “there is a reward”) The ninth son of Jacob, the fifth son born to Leah, and the ancestor of the Israelite tribe of Issachar (Gen 30:17–18). The origins of his name are traced to Gen 30:1–18 and the efforts of Leah to conceive a child. Following the conquest of Canaan, the tribe of

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Issachar

Is´sachar (reward).1. The ninth son of Jacob and the fifth of Leah. Gen. 30:17, 18. (b.c. 1753–45.) At the descent into Egypt four sons are ascribed to him, who founded the four chief families of the tribe. Gen. 46:13; Num. 26:23, 25; 1 Chron. 7:1. The number of the fighting men of Issachar, when taken

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