§ 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 · לְדָג֥וֹןand the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, ‘Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.’1 Samuel 5:2 · דָּג֑וֹן · דָּגֽוֹן׃and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.1 Samuel 5:3 · דָג֗וֹן · דָּג֔וֹןAnd the Ashdodites rise early on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah; and they take Dagon, and put it back to its place.1 Samuel 5:4 · דָג֗וֹן · דָּג֜וֹן · דָּג֖וֹןAnd they rise early in the morning on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only the fishy part hath been left to him;1 Samuel 5:5 · דָג֜וֹן · דָּג֛וֹן · דָּג֖וֹןtherefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, tread not on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, till this day.1 Samuel 5:7 · דָּג֥וֹןAnd the men of Ashdod see that it is so, and have said, ‘The ark of the God of Israel doth not abide with us, for hard hath been His hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god.’1 Chronicles 10:10 · דָּגֽוֹן׃ סand put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon.