BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1657
go.shen — Goshen
§ Goshen = "drawing near" 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
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7486
ra.me.ses — Rameses
§ Raamses or Rameses = "child of the sun" a city in lower Egypt built by Hebrew slaves; probably in Goshen
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6367
pi ha.chi.rot — Pi-hahiroth
§ Pi-hahiroth = "place where sedge grows" the 3rd encampment of the Israelites after leaving Goshen in Egypt and the last one before crossing the Red Sea
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H204
on — On
§ On = "strength or vigour" city in lower Egypt, bordering land of Goshen, centre of sun-worship, residence of Potipherah (priest of On and father-in-law of Joseph)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(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).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
