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