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H1657 גֹּשֶׁן (Gôshen) go'-shen
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

probably of Egyptian origin; Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Goshen

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גֹּ֫שֶׁן (go.shen) — Goshen.

§ Goshen = "drawing near" 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

גֹּ֫שֶׁן (go.shen) — Goshen.

§ Goshen = "drawing near" 1) a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Names of Locations

Goshen = region; ◄ located in eastern Egyptian delta; ► where Israelites lived from the time they settled in the country until the exodus

GEN 45:10 · GEN 46:28 · GEN 46:28 · GEN 46:29 · GEN 46:34 · GEN 47:1 · GEN 47:4 · GEN 47:6 · GEN 47:27 · GEN 50:8 · EXO 8:18 · EXO 9:26

Names of Locations

Collocation: אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן

land of Goshen = region; ◄ located on southern border of Israelite territory; ► conquered by Joshua

JOS 10:41 · JOS 11:16

Names of Locations

Goshen = town; ◄ located in the hill country; territory of Judah

JOS 15:51

Matthew P. Anstey

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גֹּ֫שֶׁן n.pr.loc. district in Egypt E. of lower Nile

a city—not clearly located, but on southern border of Judah.

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