Issachar possibly means "man of hire" or "there is reward", from Hebrew שָׁכַר (shakhar) "hire, wage, reward". In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the twelve sons of Jacob and Leah and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. A justification for the name's meaning is given in Genesis 30:18.
Biblical namesake: Issachar was one of the twelve sons of Jacob and the founder of the tribe of Issachar. He is remembered as a patriarch of one of the tribes of Israel. (Genesis · Genesis 30:18, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 46:13)
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