First name Issachar in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Issachar is the name of the ninth-born son of Jacob (GEN 30:17), son of Leah, as well as name of seventh-born son of Obed-edom (1CH 26:4). Meaning of the name: reward; recompense. Related names are: Zebulun, Simeon, Israel . The translations of Issachar in 69 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Name Issachar in the world's Bibles
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. (GEN 30:18)
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: (GEN 35:23)
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. (GEN 46:13)
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: (GEN 49:14)
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, (EXO 1:3)
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. (NUM 1:8)
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; (NUM 1:28)
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. (NUM 1:29)
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. (NUM 2:5)
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. (NUM 2:5)
On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: (NUM 7:18)
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. (NUM 10:15)
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. (NUM 13:7)
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: (NUM 26:23)
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. (NUM 26:25)
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. (NUM 34:26)
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: (DEU 27:12)
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. (DEU 33:18)
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. (JOS 17:10)
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean 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. (JOS 17:11)
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. (JOS 19:17)
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. (JOS 19:17)
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. (JOS 19:23)
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. (JOS 21:6)
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, (JOS 21:28)
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. (JDG 5:15)
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. (JDG 5:15)
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. (JDG 10:1)
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: (1KI 4:17)
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. (1KI 15:27)

Popularity of the name Issachar in its translations around the world

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