יִשָּׂשכָר

Strong’s Definition

Jissaskar, a son of Jacob

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

Issachar.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr m) the 9th son of jacob and the 5th by leah his first wife and the progenitor of a tribe by his name
• 2.a korahite levite and the 7th son of obed-edom and doorkeeper to the temple
• 3.(n pr coll) the tribe descended from issachar the son of jacob
• 4.(n pr loc) the territory allocated to the descendants of issachar when they entered the land of canaan

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yissâˢkâr; Pronunciation: yis-saw-kawr'