Definition of Issachar

1. Noun. (Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.

Category relationships: Old Testament
Generic synonyms: Patriarch

Definition of Issachar

1. Proper noun. (biblical) Ninth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah. ¹

2. Proper noun. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Issachar. ¹

3. Proper noun. (Hebrew male given name) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Issachar

Israel
Israel Baline
Israel Israeli
Israel Zangwill
Israeli
Israeli Defense Force
Israeli Sign Language
Israeli monetary unit
Israelis
Israelite
Israelites
Israelitess
Israelitesses
Israelitic
Issa
Issachar
Issas
Issue
Issus
Istanbul
Istanbul twist
Istanbulite
Isthmian Games
Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
Isthmus Zapotec
Isthmus of Corinth
Isthmus of Kra
Isthmus of Panama
Isthmus of Suez
Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Literary usage of Issachar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sinai and Palestine: In Connection with Their History by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1890)
"Rejoice, 0 issachar, in thy tents . . . they shall suck of the abundance of ... issachar is a strong ass, couching down between two ' troughs :' and he saw ..."

2. Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1901)
"In i Ch. 26 5 a certain issachar is seventh son of Obed-edom; ... On the representatives of issachar in the list (i K. 4) of Solomon's prefects and in the ..."

3. Elissa Or the Doom of Zimbabwe/Eric Brighteyes, a Tale of Iceland by H. Rider Haggard (2001)
"CHAPTER IV THE DREAM OF issachar For a moment there was silence, which Aziel broke, saying:— "It seems to me, issachar, that you are somewhat over zealous ..."

4. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts (1871)
"The record of the words of issachar. He called his sons, and said to them: Hearken, my children, to issachar your father; give ear to my words, ..."

5. Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts: Including by John Heneage Jesse (1855)
"The "issachar" of Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel"—His great Wealth—His ... Dryden says :— " But hospitable treats did most commend , Wise issachar, ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Anem (I Par., vi, 73, Heb., 58; issachar), perhaps a contraction for ... —4 (I Kings, xxix, 1; issachar): ..."

7. The Works of Lactantius by Lactantius (1871)
"The record of the words of issachar. He called his sons, and said to them: Hearken, my children, to issachar your father; give ear to my words, ..."

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