Strong H1657H1657Gגֹּ֫שֶׁן
Goshen
One of the 2 senses of Strong H1657
- Transliteration
- gôshen
- Pronunciation
- go'-shen
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Goshen was the region in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled during the time of Joseph, and where the Israelites lived and prospered until the Exodus (Genesis 45:10; 46:28-29, 34; 47:1, 4, 6, 27; 50:8; Exodus 8:22; 9:26).
Meaning of the name
Goshen = "drawing near"
General definition
Probably of Egyptian origin;
{Goshen} the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine: - Goshen.
{Goshen} the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine: - Goshen.
In the biblical story
Goshen
A region in Egypt where the Israelites settled and prospered.
Goshen was the region in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled during the time of Joseph, and where the Israelites lived and prospered until the Exodus (Genesis 45:10; 46:28-29, 34; 47:1, 4, 6, 27; 50:8; Exodus 8:22; 9:26).
In the Bible
Strong H1657G appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- goshen11
First verses
- Genesis 45:10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
- Genesis 46:28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 46:29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Genesis 46:34That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- Genesis 47:1Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 47:4They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 47:6The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
- Genesis 47:27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
- Genesis 50:8And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
- Exodus 8:22And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
- Exodus 9:26Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.