Dagon
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Da·gon 
[dey-gon] Pronunciation Key
[dey-gon] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth: the national god of the Philistines. |
[Origin: < L < Gk < Heb dāghōn]
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| Da·gon
(dā'gŏn') Pronunciation Key
n. Mythology The chief god of the ancient Philistines, represented as half-man and half-fish. [Hebrew dāgôn, of Phoenician origin; see dgn in Semitic roots.] |
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| dagon | |
noun | |
| god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dagon
Da"gon\ (d[=a]"g[o^]n), [Heb. D[=a]gon, fr. dag a fish: cf. Gr. Dagw`n.] The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. --W. Smith. This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol. --Milton. They brought it into the house of Dagon. --1 Sam. v. 2.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Dagon
Dag"on\ (d[a^]g"[o^]n), n. [See Dag a loose end.] A slip or piece. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dagon
little fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-god; the national god of the Philistines (Judg. 16:23). This idol had the body of a fish with the head and hands of a man. It was an Assyrio-Babylonian deity, the worship of which was introduced among the Philistines through Chaldea. The most famous of the temples of Dagon were at Gaza (Judg. 16:23-30) and Ashdod (1 Sam. 5:1-7). (See FISH.)
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