Strong's H1657 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: גֹּשֶׁן (Gôshen)

Pronunciation: go'-shen

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Name Meaning: Goshen = "drawing near"

Derivation: probably of Egyptian origin;

Definition: Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Goshen.

Senses

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

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.