Goshen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Goshen	by the DICT Development Group
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Goshen, AL (town, FIPS 30880) Location: 31.71956 N, 86.12591 W Population (1990): 302 (145 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36035 Goshen, AR (town, FIPS 27670) Location: 36.10895 N, 94.00203 W Population (1990): 589 (226 housing units) Area: 27.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72735 Goshen, CT Zip code(s): 06756 Goshen, IN (city, FIPS 28386) Location: 41.57850 N, 85.83507 W Population (1990): 23797 (9523 housing units) Area: 29.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Goshen, KY (CDP, FIPS 31960) Location: 38.40863 N, 85.59162 W Population (1990): 2447 (754 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40026 Goshen, MA Zip code(s): 01032 Goshen, NH Zip code(s): 03752 Goshen, NY (village, FIPS 29542) Location: 41.40113 N, 74.32753 W Population (1990): 5255 (1877 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10924 Goshen, OH Zip code(s): 45122 Goshen, UT (town, FIPS 30130) Location: 39.95180 N, 111.90088 W Population (1990): 578 (222 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Goshen, VA (town, FIPS 31968) Location: 37.99079 N, 79.50627 W Population (1990): 366 (186 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24439
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Goshen (1.) A district in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled, and in which they remained till the Exodus (Gen. 45:10; 46:28, 29, 31, etc.). It is called "the land of Goshen" (47:27), and also simply "Goshen" (46:28), and "the land of Rameses" (47:11; Ex. 12:37), for the towns Pithom and Rameses lay within its borders; also Zoan or Tanis (Ps. 78:12). It lay on the east of the Nile, and apparently not far from the royal residence. It was "the best of the land" (Gen. 47:6, 11), but is now a desert. It is first mentioned in Joseph's message to his father. It has been identified with the modern Wady Tumilat, lying between the eastern part of the Delta and the west border of Palestine. It was a pastoral district, where some of the king's cattle were kept (Gen. 47:6). The inhabitants were not exclusively Israelites (Ex. 3:22; 11:2; 12:35, 36). (2.) A district in Palestine (Josh. 10:41; 11:16). It was a part of the maritime plain of Judah, and lay between Gaza and Gibeon. (3.) A town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:51).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Goshen, approaching; drawing near