גֹּשֶׁן

go.shen

Goshen

Strong’s H1657Proper name, a place15 times in the Hebrew Bible

goshen15

In the text

Genesis 45:10גֹּשֶׁן
You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
Exodus 8:22גֹּשֶׁן
But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
Joshua 10:41גֹּשֶׁן
Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

גֹּ֫שֶׁן n.pr.loc.

1. district in Egypt E. of lower Nile

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

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.