Lexicon :: Strong's H3485 - yiśśāśḵār

Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband,” and she named him Issachar.[fn]

Leah’s sons were Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn),

Simeon, Levi, Judah,

Issachar, and Zebulun.

Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puvah,[fn] Jashub,[fn] and Shimron.

“Issachar is a strong donkey

lying down between the saddlebags.[fn]

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

“Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;

The descendants of Issachar: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

“The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar.

On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering.

Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar’s descendants,

Igal son of Joseph from the tribe of Issachar;

Issachar’s descendants by their clans:

the Tolaite clan from Tola;

the Punite clan from Puvah;[fn]

These were Issachar’s clans numbered by their registered men: 64,300.

“Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar’s descendants;

“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

He said about Zebulun:

Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys,

and Issachar, in your tents.

Ephraim’s territory was to the south and Manasseh’s to the north, with the Sea as its border. They reached Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

The fourth lot came out for the tribe of Issachar’s descendants by their clans.

This was the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar’s descendants by their clans, the cities, with their settlements.

Gershon’s descendants received thirteen cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

From the tribe of Issachar they gave:

Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;

Issachar was with Barak;

they were under his leadership[fn] in the valley.

There was great searching[fn] of heart

among the clans of Reuben.

After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo became judge and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;

Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.

These were Israel’s sons:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi,

Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

The Gershomites were assigned thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.

From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,

Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron ​— ​four.

Their tribesmen who were valiant warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.

In addition, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came and brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen ​— ​abundant provisions of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine and oil, herds, and flocks. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

Ammiel the sixth,

Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth,

for God blessed him.

for Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; for Issachar, Omri son of Michael;

A large number of the people ​— ​many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun ​— ​were ritually unclean, yet they had eaten the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah had interceded for them, saying, “May the good LORD provide atonement on behalf of

“Next to the territory of Simeon, from the east side to the west, will be Issachar ​— ​one portion.

“On the south side, which measures 1 ¹/₂ miles, there will be three gates: one, the gate of Simeon; one, the gate of Issachar; and one, the gate of Zebulun.