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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 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy sheep, and thy cattle, and all that thou hast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:28 - And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to give notice before he came 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 yoked his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and he presented himself to him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - then ye shall say, Thy servants are men that have been occupied with cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers; in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - And Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said, My father and my brethren, and their sheep and their cattle, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - And they said to Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for the sheep that thy servants have, for the famine is grievous in the land of Canaan; and now, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and thy brethren: let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if thou knowest men of activity among them, then set them as overseers of cattle over what I have.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they had possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house; only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - And I will distinguish in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no dog-flies shall be there; that thou mayest know that I Jehovah am in the midst of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gazah, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - And Joshua took all that land, the mountain and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and its lowland;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their hamlets.
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