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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dagon \da"gon\ d=a"go^n, heb. d=agon, 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.
   1913 webster

         this day a solemn feast the people hold
         to dagon, their sea idol.                --milton.
   1913 webster

         they brought it into the house of dagon. --1 sam. v. 2.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dagon \dag"on\ da^g"o^n, n. see dag a loose end.
   a slip or piece. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
dag 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dagon
     n : god of agriculture and the earth; national god of
         philistines

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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.
   
see also:
fish 
[5] : Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
dagon, corn; a fish



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