Goshen
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a pastoral region in Lower Egypt, occupied by the ancient Israelites before the Exodus.
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a land or place of plenty and comfort.
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a city in northern Indiana.
noun
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a region of ancient Egypt, east of the Nile delta: granted to Jacob and his descendants by the king of Egypt and inhabited by them until the Exodus (Genesis 45:10)
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a place of comfort and plenty
Etymology
Origin of Goshen
Ultimately from Hebrew Gōshen, of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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He graduated from Goshen College, Goshen, Ind., with a bachelors degree in English.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Eunice Newton was born in Goshen, Connecticut in 1819.
From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023
He was unemployed and living with his fiancee, her mother and his five children in a small home just off the 99 in Goshen at the time of his arrest in 2014.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2023
Noah David Beard, 25, was taken into custody without incident in Visalia, the city next to Goshen in Tulare County.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2023
Violet had to tend our place and walk the plow on his too, while I went from Bear to Crossland to Goshen working.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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