Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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 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) 1.7 (wn)
Dagon
n : (Phoenician and Philistine) god of agriculture and the
earth; national god of Philistines [syn: {Dagon}]
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