Lexical Definition

‎גֹּשֶׁן‎ Gôshen (go'-shen) Goshen ^N:N--L
probably of Egyptian origin

Goshen.

• § Goshen = "drawing near"
• Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt
• also a place in Palestine

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

Extended Information

• 1) a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גּ֫שֶׁן‎ proper name, of a location (on etymology compare Di Gen 45:10) —

1. district in Egypt east of lower Nile, see Eb^{GS 500 ff.}; Naville^{Goshen, 1887,} who reads hieroglyphics Kesem, but compare Groff^{JAs xiv. 527} (ᵐ5 Γεσεμ (Ἀραβιας)) — ‎אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן‎ Gen 45:10 (JE) Gen 46:34; Gen 47:1; Gen 47:4; Gen 47:6; Gen 47:27; Gen 50:8; Exod 8:18*; Exod 9:26 (all J); ‎אַ֫רְצָה גּשֶׁן‎ Gen 46:28 (J), ‎גּ֑שְׁנָה‎ vGen 46:28 vGen 46:29 (both J), in both ᵐ5 καθ’ Ἡρώων πόλιν compare Di. (P has land ‎רעמסס‎ Gen 47:11 etc., compare Di Gen 45:10.

2. ‎ארץ‎ ‎הַגּשֶׁן‎ Josh 11:16 (D), ‎אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן‎ Josh 10:41 (D), ‎גּשֶׁן‎ Josh 15:51 (P) (ᵐ5 in all Γοσομ) a city named with ‎חֹלֹן‎ & ‎גִּלֹה‎ compare Di. — not clearly located, but on southern border of Judah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Goshen_2 • A town and region in the hill country of Judah.

Goshen was a town and region in the hill country of Judah, mentioned in the accounts of Joshua's conquests (Joshua 10:41; 11:16; 15:51).

• A location first mentioned at Jos.10.41;
• only referred to as Goshen גֹּשֶׁן.
  

Goshen was a town and region located in the hill country of Judah, in the southern part of the Promised Land. It is mentioned in the accounts of Joshua's military campaigns against the Canaanite kings. Joshua conquered the region from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza and from Goshen to Gibeon (Joshua 10:41). The extent of Joshua's conquests is described as covering all the land, including the hill country and the Negev, the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings, including the region of Goshen (Joshua 11:16). In the tribal allotments, Goshen is listed among the towns in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:51). Apart from these brief references in the book of Joshua, no further details about the town or region of Goshen in Judah are provided in the Bible. Its exact location within the hill country of Judah is uncertain.

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