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Lexicon :: Strong's H1657 - gōšen

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גֹּשֶׁן
Transliteration
gōšen
Pronunciation
go'-shen
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of Egyptian origin
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TWOT Reference: 390

Strong’s Definitions

גֹּשֶׁן Gôshen, go'-shen; probably of Egyptian origin; Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine:—Goshen.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H1657 in the following manner: Goshen (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H1657 in the following manner: Goshen (15x).

  1. Goshen = "drawing near"

    1. a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses

    2. a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon

    3. a town in the mountains of Judah probably in the district of Goshen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֹּשֶׁן Gôshen, go'-shen; probably of Egyptian origin; Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine:—Goshen.
STRONGS H1657: Abbreviations
† גּ֫שֶׁן proper name, of a location (on etymology compare Di Genesis 45:10) —
1. district in Egypt east of lower Nile, see EbGS 500 ff.; NavilleGoshen, 1887, who reads hieroglyphics Kesem, but compare GroffJAs xiv. 527 (Greek Version of the LXX Γεσεμ (Ἀραβιας)) — אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן Genesis 45:10 (JE) Genesis 46:34; Genesis 47:1, 4, 6, 27; Genesis 50:8; Exodus 8:18; Exodus 9:26 (all J); אַ֫רְצָה גּשֶׁן Genesis 46:28 (J), גּ֑שְׁנָה Genesis 46:28; Genesis 46:29 (both J), in both Greek Version of the LXX καθ’ Ἡρώων πόλιν compare Di. (P has land רעמסס Genesis 47:11 etc., compare Di Genesis 45:10.
2. ארץ הַגּשֶׁן Joshua 11:16 (D), אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן Joshua 10:41 (D), גּשֶׁן Joshua 15:51 (P) (Greek Version of the LXX in all Γοσομ) a city named with חֹלֹן & גִּלֹה compare Di. — not clearly located, but on southern border of Judah.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

45:10; 45:10; 45:10; 46:28; 46:28; 46:29; 46:34; 47:1; 47:4; 47:6; 47:11; 47:27; 50:8

Exodus

8:18; 9:26

Joshua

10:41; 11:16; 15:51

H1657

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Strong's Number H1657 matches the Hebrew גֹּשֶׁן (gōšen),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - “You shall live in the land of Goshen [the best pasture land of Egypt], and you shall be close to me—you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks and your herds and all you have.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:28 -

Now Jacob (Israel) sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; as soon as he presented himself before him (authenticating his identity), he fell on his [father’s] neck and wept on his neck a [very] long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers [before us],’ in order that you may live [separately and securely] in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is repulsive to the Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 -

Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan, and they are in the land of Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - Moreover, they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live temporarily (sojourn) in the land [of Egypt], for there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants [in our land], for the famine is very severe in Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - “The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know of any men of ability among them, [fn]put them in charge of my livestock.”

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Now [the people of] Israel lived in the country of Egypt, in [the land of] Goshen, and they gained possessions and acquired property there and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household. They left only their little ones and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - “But on that day I will separate and set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of insects will be there, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that I, the LORD, am in the midst of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel lived, was there no hail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even as far as Gaza, and all the country of Goshen even as far as Gibeon.

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So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev (South country), all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah [plain], the hill country of Israel and its lowland

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - and Goshen and Holon and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
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