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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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