Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1657
גֹּשֶׁן
Goshengo'-shen
Goshen
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Gôshen
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1657is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1657
Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Goshen.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Goshen is rendered "Goshen". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 45:10You 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.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
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.
Genesis 45:10גֹּ֗שֶׁן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Goshen11
- Goshen towards2
- and Goshen1
- the Goshen1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גֹּשֶׁם | goshem | rain | Uses1 |
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- גֹּֽשֶׁן׃4
- גֹּ֔שֶׁן3
- גֹּ֗שֶׁן2
- גֹּ֑שְׁנָה2
- גֹּ֑שֶׁן1
- גֹּ֖שֶׁן1
- הַגֹּ֔שֶׁן1
- וְגֹ֥שֶׁן1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)11HNpl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2HNpl/Sd
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1HTd/Npl
Genesis
ten uses
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.
- גֹּ֗שֶׁןgoshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
- גֹּ֑שְׁנָהgoshenahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Goshen towards
- גֹּֽשֶׁן׃goshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
- גֹּ֑שְׁנָהgoshenahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Goshen towards
you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
- גֹּ֔שֶׁןgoshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
- גֹּֽשֶׁן׃goshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
- גֹּֽשֶׁן׃goshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
- גֹּ֔שֶׁןgoshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
- גֹּ֑שֶׁןgoshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
- גֹּֽשֶׁן׃goshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
Exodus
two uses
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.
- גֹּ֗שֶׁןgoshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
- גֹּ֔שֶׁןgoshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
Joshua
three uses
Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
- גֹּ֖שֶׁןgoshenproper noun (a name)tagged: Goshen
So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,
- הַגֹּ֔שֶׁןhagoshenthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Goshen
Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.
- וְגֹ֥שֶׁןvegoshenconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Goshen
The letters
Gematria 353· 1,003 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.