What does אֶרֶץ · גֹּשֶׁן mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · גֹּשֶׁן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "land of Goshen".
Hebrew · H776, H1657
אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן
The earth (at large, or partitively a land ) · Goshen , the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine
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אֶרֶץ H776 the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Pronunciation erets
Physical ground and soil extend metaphorically to inhabited territory, nation, and cosmic order under divine rule.
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גֹּשֶׁן H1657 Goshen , the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine
Pronunciation gōšen
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What does אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן (erets Goshen) mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · גֹּשֶׁן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "land of Goshen".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H776, H1657?
H776, H1657 is connected to 2,520 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. land of Goshen
Strong's H776, H1657
Lexical occurrences 2,520 verses Source Gloss
land of Goshen
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain