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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 - et habita in terra Gessen erisque iuxta me tu et filii tui et filii filiorum tuorum oves tuae et armenta tua et universa quae possides

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:28 - misit autem Iudam ante se ad Ioseph ut nuntiaret ei et ille occurreret in Gessen

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - quo cum pervenisset iuncto Ioseph curru suo ascendit obviam patri ad eundem locum vidensque eum inruit super collum eius et inter amplexus flevit

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - respondebitis viri pastores sumus servi tui ab infantia nostra usque in praesens et nos et patres nostri haec autem dicetis ut habitare possitis in terra Gessen quia detestantur Aegyptii omnes pastores ovium

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - ingressus ergo Ioseph nuntiavit Pharaoni dicens pater meus et fratres oves eorum et armenta et cuncta quae possident venerunt de terra Chanaan et ecce consistunt in terra Gessen

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - ad peregrinandum in terra tua venimus quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum ingravescente fame in regione Chanaan petimusque ut esse nos iubeas servos tuos in terra Gessen

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - terra Aegypti in conspectu tuo est in optimo loco fac habitare eos et trade eis terram Gessen quod si nosti esse in eis viros industrios constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - habitavit ergo Israhel in Aegypto id est in terra Gessen et possedit eam auctusque est et multiplicatus nimis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - domus Ioseph cum fratribus suis absque parvulis et gregibus atque armentis quae dereliquerant in terra Gessen

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - faciamque mirabilem in die illa terram Gessen in qua populus meus est ut non sint ibi muscae et scias quoniam ego Dominus in medio terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - tantum in terra Gessen ubi erant filii Israhel grando non cecidit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - [Vulgate 10:42] a Cadesbarne usque Gazam omnem terram Gosen usque Gabaon

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - cepit itaque Iosue omnem terram montanam et meridianam terramque Gosen et planitiem et occidentalem plagam montemque Israhel et campestria eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - Gosen et Olon et Gilo civitates undecim et villae earum
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