Dagon

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           This day a solemn feast the people hold
           To Dagon, their sea idol.                --Milton.
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           They brought it into the house of Dagon. --1 Sam. v. 2.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dagon \Dag"on\ (d[a^]g"[o^]n), n. [See {Dag} a loose end.]
     A slip or piece. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Dagon
       n : god of agriculture and the earth; national god of
           Philistines

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