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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Dagon | by the DICT Development Group |
| 5 results for Dagon | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dagon \Da"gon\ (d[amac]"g[ocr]n), [Heb. D[be]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]: | |
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Dagon \Dag"on\ (d[acr]g"[ocr]n), n. [See {Dag} a loose end.] A slip or piece. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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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]: | |
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Dagon, corn; a fish | |
