HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1712
דָּגוֹן
da.gon — Dagon
§ Dagon = "a fish" a Philistine deity of fertility; represented with the face and hands of a man and the tail of a fish
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Dagon
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1016
בֵּית־דָּגוֹן
bet-da.gon — Beth-dagon
§ Beth-dagon = "house of Dagon" the temple of Dagon in Judah
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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.)
Scripture references
Judges 16:23Judges 16:23-301 Samuel 5:1-71 Samuel 5:31 Samuel 5:4Judges 16:21-301 Samuel 5:51 Samuel 5:61 Chronicles 10:10Joshua 15:41Joshua 19:27
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.