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Strong's Number H3485

Transliteration:
Yissaskar{yis-saw-kawr'}
Word Origin:
(strictly yis-saws-kawr') from 5375 and 7939
Usage in the KJV:
Issachar 43

Total: 43
Definition:
Issachar = "there is recompense" n pr m
  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 n pr coll
  3. the tribe descended from Issachar the son of Jacob n pr loc
  4. the territory allocated to the descendants of Issachar when they entered the land of Canaan
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament