H1712

דגון

דגון

dagawan

Proper masculine noun · From דג (H1709)

From H1709; the fish-god; Dagon, a Philistine deity:—Dagon.

Outline

Dagon = "a fish"

a Philistine deity of fertility; represented with the face and hands of a man and the tail of a fish

Usages

Judges 16:23

Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

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1 Samuel 5:2

When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

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1 Samuel 5:3

¶ And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

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1 Samuel 5:4

And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

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1 Samuel 5:5

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

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1 Samuel 5:7

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

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1 Chronicles 10:10

And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

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