Beth-dagon

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Beth-dagon
     house of Dagon. (1.) A city in the low country or plain of
     Judah, near Philistia (Josh. 15:41); the modern Beit Degan,
     about 5 miles from Lydda.
     
       (2.) A city near the south-east border of Asher (Josh. 19:27).


     It was a Philistine colony. It is identical with the modern
     ruined village of Tell D'auk.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Beth-dagon, the house of corn, or of fish