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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dagon \Da"gon\ (d[=a]"g[o^]n), [Heb. D[=a]gon, 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. This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol. --Milton. They brought it into the house of Dagon. --1 Sam. v. 2. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dagon \Dag"on\ (d[a^]g"[o^]n), n. [See {Dag} a loose end.] A slip or piece. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Dagon n : (Phoenician and Philistine) god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines [syn: {Dagon}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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}.) From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Dagon, corn; a fish
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