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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 Box Gen 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:28 - Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father[fn] and wept for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you should answer, ‘Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - “ ‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - Joshua subdued them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza and from the whole region of Goshen to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - Goshen, Holon and Giloh—eleven towns and their villages.
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