English

Proper noun

Issachar

1. (biblical) Ninth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Issachar.
3. A male given name

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 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, King James Version of the Bible, Joshua 21:28:

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

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See also

• Issachar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia