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Strong's H3485 יִשָּׂשכָר (yissaskar)

Yissaskar means “Issachar” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3485 — naos (“shrine”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3485
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 40
Books 10

Strong's H3485 Quick Answer

Strong's H3485 יִשָּׂשׂכָּר (Yissaskar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Yissaskar (yis-saw-kawr') ((strictly yis-saws-kawr')) n/p. 1. he will bring a reward 2. Jissaskar, a son of Jacob It has 40 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include son, issachar, and sons. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Yissaskar (yis-saw-kawr') ((strictly yis-saws-kawr')) n/p. 1. he will bring a reward 2. Jissaskar, a son of Jacob
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
son, issachar, and sons

Meaning and Definition

Yissaskar (yis-saw-kawr') ((strictly yis-saws-kawr')) n/p. 1. he will bring a reward 2. Jissaskar, a son of Jacob [from H5375 and H7939] KJV: Issachar. Root(s): H5375, H7939

Original Word
יִשָּׂשׂכָּר
Transliteration
Yissaskar
Derivation
Root: נשׂא First root strongs: 5375 Second root strongs: 7939
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3485. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Issachar

Usage: A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.18; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);

father of: Tola (H8439), Puah (H6312), Jashub (H3437H) and Shimron (H8110B) Also named: Isachar (Ἰσαχάρ "Issachar" G2466) § Issachar = "there is recompense" 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

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How Strong's H3485 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Yissaskar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

son Numbers 1:8 10× Issachar Genesis 30:18 sons Numbers 26:23

How Strong's H3485 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 40 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3485 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3485 in the Old Testament

40 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 30:18 KJV

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

Genesis 35:23 KJV

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Genesis 46:13 KJV

And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3485.

Genesis 30:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Genesis 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 46:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
Genesis 49:14 Old Testament, KJV
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Exodus 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Numbers 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Numbers 1:28 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:29 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
Numbers 7:18 Old Testament, KJV
On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
Numbers 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Numbers 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
Numbers 26:23 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
Numbers 26:25 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
Numbers 34:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
Deuteronomy 27:12 Old Testament, KJV
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
Deuteronomy 33:18 Old Testament, KJV
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
Joshua 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
Joshua 17:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
Joshua 19:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
Joshua 19:23 Old Testament, KJV
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
Joshua 21:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Joshua 21:28 Old Testament, KJV
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
Judges 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
Judges 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
1 Kings 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
1 Kings 15:27 Old Testament, KJV
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
1 Chronicles 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 6:62 Old Testament, KJV
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
1 Chronicles 6:72 Old Testament, KJV
And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
1 Chronicles 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
1 Chronicles 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
1 Chronicles 12:32 Old Testament, KJV
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
1 Chronicles 12:40 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
1 Chronicles 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
1 Chronicles 27:18 Old Testament, KJV
Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
2 Chronicles 30:18 Old Testament, KJV
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
Ezekiel 48:25 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
Ezekiel 48:26 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
Ezekiel 48:33 Old Testament, KJV
And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3485, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 10 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 6 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 9 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3485 FAQ

What does yissaskar (יִשָּׂשכָר) mean?

Yissaskar (Strong's H3485) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Issachar". Yissaskar (yis-saw-kawr') ((strictly yis-saws-kawr')) n/p. 1. he will bring a reward 2. Jissaskar, a son of Jacob

How many times is yissaskar (יִשָּׂשכָר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's H3485 across 10 books.

Where can I study yissaskar (יִשָּׂשכָר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3485 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yissaskar (יִשָּׂשכָר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as son, issachar, and sons. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.