Strong's H3485 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יִשָּׂשכָר (Yissâˢkâr)

Pronunciation: yis-saw-kawr'

Morphology: n-pr

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr coll, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Issachar = "there is recompense"

Derivation: (strictly yis-saws-kawr'); from נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ) [H5375] and שָׂכָר (sâkâr) [H7939]; he will bring a reward;

Definition: Jissaskar, a son of Jacob

KJV Renderings: Issachar.

Senses

1. 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. the tribe descended from Issachar the son of Jacob
4. the territory allocated to the descendants of Issachar when they entered the land of Canaan

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.