Bible Names

Sychar: meaning of the name

Sychar means “end.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Sychar in Hebrew and Greek

Συχάρ G4965

Sychár — Sychar (i.e. Shekar), a place in Palestine

of Hebrew origin (H07941);

Places named Sychar

Sychar in Scripture

“Sychar” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • John 4:5

    Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.