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SYCHAR

(Gk. Sychár)

The city in Samaria at which Jesus spoke with a Samaritan woman (John 4:5). The Gospel situates Sychar near the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph (Gen. 33:18-19; Josh. 24:32 mention the field, but not Sychar), and notes that Jacob’s Well was there (John 4:6). Despite the fact that the NT connects Sychar with Jacob’s Well, the actual site of Sychar is disputed. Some identify Sychar with the similarly named modern town of Askar, located near Shechem, while others associate the city with Shechem itself, with Sychar being corrupted to the more familiar Shechem (Lat., Gk. “Sychem”; cf. Acts 7:16). Although the exact location of Sychar remains unclear, Jacob’s Well more confidently has been identified with Bir Yaʿaqûb (177179) in modern Balâṭah, ca. 1.7 km. (1 mi.) SE of Nablus, near a pass between Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal.

Monica L. W. Brady






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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