Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
דָּגוֹן
- Transliteration
- Dâgôwn
- Pronunciation
- daw-gohn'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 13
Glosses
Dagon.
Lexicon definition
Dagon, a Philistine deity
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Dagon
דגון, _corn_, from דגן, or דג, _a fish_, god of the Philistines. It is the opinion of some that Dagon was represented like a woman, with the lower parts of a fish, like a triton or syren. Dagon is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “corn; a fish.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
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- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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- Hebrew
- דָּגוֹן · Dâgôwn
- Name meaning
- corn; a fish According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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H1712
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Complete dictionary entries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Dagon
corn; a fish
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
DAGON
דגון, _corn_, from דגן, or דג, _a fish_, god of the Philistines. It is the opinion of some that Dagon was represented like a woman, with the lower parts of a fish, like a triton or syren. Scripture shows clearly that the statue of Dagon was human, at least, the upper part of it, 1 Sam. v, 4, 5. A temple of Dagon at Gaza was pulled down by Samson, Judges xvi, 23, &c. In another, at Ashdod, the Philistines deposited the ark of God, 1 Sam. v, 1–3. A city in Judah was called Beth-Dagon; that is, the house, or temple, of Dagon, Joshua xv, 41; and another on the frontiers of Asher, Joshua xix, 27.
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Dagon
Indexed occurrences: 9
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All Scripture references10 references
Joshua 2
Judges 1
1 Samuel 6
1 Chronicles 1
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
DAGON
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Nave’s Topical Bible references for DAGON.
Indexed references: 2
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Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Dagon
Meaning:
corn; a fish
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Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
Ancient Context2 items
Josephus Antiquities Whiston
The Destruction That Came Upon The Philistines, And Upon Their Land, By The Wrath Of Go On Account Of Their Having Carried The Ark Away Captive; And After What Manner They Sent It Back To The Hebrews.
Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 1
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How Alexander Honored Jonathan After An Extraordinary Manner; And How Demetrius, The Son Of Demetrius, Overcame Alexander And Made A League Of Friendship With Jonathan.
Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 4
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BETH-DAGON
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DAGON
Nave’s Topical Bible references for DAGON.
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Beth-dagon
the house of corn, or of fish
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Dagon's house
(1 Sam. 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh. 15: 41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon. The Beth-dagon of Josh. 15:41 was one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the lowland or plain which stretches westward. It has not been identified. The Beth-dagon of Josh. 19:27 was one of the border cities of Asher. That of 1 Chr. 10:10 was in the western half-tribe of Manasseh, where the Philistines, after their victory at Gilboa, placed Saul's head in the temple of their god. (Comp. 1 Sam. 31:8-13).
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Dagon
corn; a fish
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