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Lexicon :: Strong's H1657 - gōšen

Aa
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - “For you shall live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657, and you shall be near H7138 me, you and your children H1121 and your [fn]grandchildren H1121, and your flocks H6629 and your herds H1241 and all H3605 that you have.

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Now Jacob sent H7971 Judah H3063 ahead H6440 of him to Joseph H3130, to [fn]guide H3384 him to Goshen H1657; and they came H935 into the land H776 of Goshen H1657.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - And Joseph H3130 [fn]prepared H631 his chariot H4818 and went H5927 up H5927 to Goshen H1657 to meet H7122 his father H1 Israel H3478; as soon as he appeared H7200 to H413 him, Joseph threw H5307 himself on his neck H6677 and wept H1058 on his neck H6677 a long H5750 time H5750.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you shall say H559, ‘Your servants H5650 have been H1961 [fn]keepers H376 of livestock H4735 since H4480 our youth H5271 even until H5704 now H6258, both H1571 we and our fathers H1,’ so H5668 that H5668 you may live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657; for every H3605 shepherd H7462 is an abomination H8441 to the Egyptians H4714.”

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Then Joseph H3130 went H935 in H935 and told H5046 Pharaoh H6547, and said H559, “My father H1 and my brothers H251 and their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 and all H3605 that they have, have come H935 out of the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and behold H2009, they are in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They also said H559 to Pharaoh H6547, “We have come H935 to reside H1481 in the land H776, for there H369 is H369 no H369 pasture H4829 for your servants’ H5650 flocks H6629, for the famine H7458 is severe H3515 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667. Now H6258, therefore, please H4994 let your servants H5650 live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - “The land H776 of Egypt H4714 is [fn]at your disposal H6440; settle H3427 your father H1 and your brothers H251 in the best H4315 of the land H776, let them live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657; and if H518 you know H3045 any H3426 capable H2428 men H376 among them, then [fn]put H7760 them in H8269 charge H8269 of my livestock H4735.”

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Now Israel H3478 lived H3427 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, in [fn]Goshen H1657, and they acquired H270 property H270 in it and were H6509 fruitful H6509 and became H7235 very H3966 numerous H7235.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - and all H3605 the household H1004 of Joseph H3130 and his brothers H251 and his father’s H1 household H1004; they left H5800 only H7534 their little H2945 ones H2945 and their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - “But on that day H3117 I will set H6395 apart H6395 the land H776 of Goshen H1657, where H834 My people H5971 are [fn]living H5975, so that no H1115 swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 will be there H8033, in H4616 order H4616 that H4616 you may know H3045 that [fn]I, the LORD H3068, am in the midst H7130 of the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - Only H7534 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657, where H834 H8033 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were, was there no H3808 hail H1259.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - Joshua H3091 struck H5221 them from Kadesh-barnea H6947 even as far H5704 as Gaza H5804, and all H3605 the country H776 of Goshen H1657 even as far H5704 as Gibeon H1391.

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So Joshua H3091 took H3947 all H3605 that land H776: the hill H2022 country H2022 and all H3605 the [fn]Negev H5045, all H3605 the land H776 of Goshen H1657, the lowland H8219, the Arabah H6160, the hill H2022 country H2022 of Israel H3478 and its lowland H8219

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - Goshen H1657, Holon H2473, and Giloh H1542; eleven H259 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages H2691.
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