Strong's #1657: Goshen (pronounced go'-shen)

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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gôshen

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

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: probably of Egyptian origin

Usage:

This word is used 15 times:

 

Genesis 45:10: "And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children,"
Genesis 46:28: "Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen."
Genesis 46:28: "unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen."
Genesis 46:29: "to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on"
Genesis 46:34: "our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd"
Genesis 47:1: "out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen."
Genesis 47:4: "therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
Genesis 47:6: "and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men"
Genesis 47:27: "of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly."
Genesis 50:8: "and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen."
Exodus 8:22: "the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell,"
Exodus 9:26: "Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was"
Joshua 10:41: "even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon."
Joshua 11:16: "the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel,"
Joshua 15:51: " And Goshen, and Holon, eleven cities with their villages:"