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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1657 - גֹּשֶׁן
Transliteration
Gôshen
Phonetics
go'-shen
Origin
probably of Egyptian origin
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
390
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- 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
- a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon
- a town in the mountains of Judah probably in the district of Goshen
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
BSB (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
CSB (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
ESV (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
KJV (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
LEB (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
LSB (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
N95 (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
NAS (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (15)
Genesis
10
Exodus
2
Joshua
3
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
גּ֫שֶׁן proper name, of a location (on etymology compare Di Genesis 45:10) —
1 district in Egypt east of lower Nile, see Eb GS 500 ff.; Naville Goshen, 1887, who reads hieroglyphics Kesem, but compare Groff JAs xiv. 527 (ᵐ5 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 ᵐ5 καθ’ Ἡρώων πόλιν compare Di. (P has land רעמסס Genesis 47:11 etc., compare Di Genesis 45:10.
2ארץ הַגּשֶׁן Joshua 11:16 (D), אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן Joshua 10:41 (D), גּשֶׁן Joshua 15:51 (P) (ᵐ5 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.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
גֹּ֑שְׁנָה גֹּ֑שֶׁן גֹּ֔שֶׁן גֹּ֖שֶׁן גֹּ֗שֶׁן גֹּֽשֶׁן׃ גשן גשן׃ גשנה הַגֹּ֔שֶׁן הגשן וְגֹ֥שֶׁן וגשן gō·šə·nāh gō·šen gōšen gōšənāh Goshen Goshenah hag·gō·šen haggōšen hagGoshen veGoshen wə·ḡō·šen wəḡōšen