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Issachar: [noun] a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel.
May 8, 2018 · ISSACHAR. ISSACHAR (Heb. יִשָּׂשכָר), the ninth son of Jacob and the fifth of Leah; eponymous ancestor of the tribe bearing this name. Issachar's birth was considered by Leah to be a sign of divine favor, after a long intermission in childbearing, in reward for having given her handmaid to Jacob (Gen. 30:18).
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The birth of Issachar was regarded by his mother as a kind of payment from the hand of God, “God hath given me my hire,” said Leah, “because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar” (that is, hire). In Jacob’s blessing to Issachar, he is described as a “strong ass couching down between two burdens ...
Issachar. Is'sachar the name of two men in the Bible, and of the descendants of one of them, and the region inhabited by them. 1. The ninth son of Jacob and the fifth of Leah; the first born to Leah after the interval which occurred in the births of her children ( Ge 30:17; comp. 29:35). He was born in Padan-Aram early in B.C. 1914.
The princes of Issachar fought alongside Deborah and Barak against the Canaanite army led by Sisera. 200 chiefs from Issachar, with their relatives, joined David in his fight against King Saul, helping him become king. Baasha, from the tribe of Issachar, killed King Nadab and became king of Israel, ruling for 24 years.
Those who carry the Issachar anointing understand the times we are in. They have discernment and knowledge. They seek the wisdom of God through the Word to know what needs to be done. And they activate these words. They understand the signs of the times. “From the tribe of Issachar, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives.
