§ 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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H1712 — דָּגוֹן
da.gon · Dagon · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 16:23 · לְדָג֥וֹןNow the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”1 Samuel 5:2 · דָּג֑וֹן · דָּגֽוֹן׃carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.1 Samuel 5:3 · דָג֗וֹן · דָּג֔וֹןWhen the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.1 Samuel 5:4 · דָג֗וֹן · דָּג֜וֹן · דָּג֖וֹןBut when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.1 Samuel 5:5 · דָג֜וֹן · דָּג֛וֹן · דָּג֖וֹןThat is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.1 Samuel 5:7 · דָּג֥וֹןAnd when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”1 Chronicles 10:10 · דָּגֽוֹן׃ סThey put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.