Lexical Summary Goshen: a district in Egypt, also a city in S. Judah Original Word: גּשֶׁןTransliteration: Goshen Phonetic Spelling: (go'-shen) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a district in Egypt, also a city in S. Judah Meaning: Goshen -- a district in Egypt, also a city in southern Judah Strong's Concordance Goshen Probably of Egyptian origin; Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine -- Goshen. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1657. Goshen 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 (ᵐ5 Γεσεμ (Ἀραβιας)) — גּשֶׁן אֶרֶץ Genesis 45:10 (JE) 46:34; 47:1, 4, 6, 27; 50:8; Exodus 8:18; 9:26 (all J); גּשֶׁן אַ֫רְצָה Genesis 46:28 (J), גּ֑שְׁנָה 46:28; 46:29 (both J), in both ᵐ5 καθ’ Ἡρώων πόλιν compare Di. (P has land רעמסס 47:11 etc., compare Di 45:10. 2 הַגּשֶׁן ארץ Joshua 11:16 (D), גּשֶׁן אֶרֶץ 10:41 (D), גּשֶׁן 15:51 (P) (ᵐ5 in all Γοσομ) a city named with חֹלֹן & גִּלֹה compare Di. — not clearly located, but on southern border of Judah. |
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