יִשָּׂשכָר
Yissâˢkâr · yis-saw-kawr'
Jissaskar, a son of Jacob
Lexicon
Derivation: (strictly yis-saws-kawr'); from H5375 (נָשָׂא) and H7939 (שָׂכָר); he will bring a reward;
Jissaskar, a son of Jacob
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Issachar.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › the head, the highest
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy that works to consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִשָּׂשכָר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of issachar27 · 63%
- issachar7 · 16%
- and issachar2 · 5%
- and, issachar1 · 2%
- and in issachar1 · 2%
- had in issachar1 · 2%
- to issachar1 · 2%
- even issachar1 · 2%
- in issachar1 · 2%
- them, even unto issachar1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.