H1712 — דָּגוֹן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewDagownnameOccurrences: 13

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1712
Word:	דָּגוֹן
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H1709
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	13
Transliteration:	Dagown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	daw-gohn'
Meaning:	1. the fish-god 2. Dagon, a Philistine deity
KJV Renderings:	Dagon.

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דָּגוֺן proper name, masculine: 1Sam 5:4 god & idol of Philistines (compare Assyrian Dagan, Dakan(nu) , name perhaps non-Shemitic COT Judg 16:23 Dl^{Pa 139} Sayce^Rel. Babylonian 188 f. but see Jen below)

oldest tradition (Jerome) seems to waver between דָּג fish and דָּגָן grain, as explanation of דָּגוֺן, see בית. — god of Ashdod, except Judg 16:23 (Gaza) & 1Chr 10:10 (but compare below); — דגון אֱלֹהֵיהֶם Judg 16:23 compare דגון אֱלֹהֵינוּ 1Sam 5:7, ׳ בֵּית ד 1Sam 5:2; 1Sam 5:5; 1Chr 10:10 (here hardly original compare || 1Sam 31:10 & We Dr); ׳ כֹּהֲנֵי ד 1Sam 5:5, ׳ מִפְתַּן ד 1Sam 5:5 as name of image ׳ (אֵצֶל) ד 1Sam 5:2 1Sam 5:3 1Sam 5:4, דגון נֹפֵל 1Sam 5:3 1Sam 5:4 , נִשְׁאַר עָלָיו ׳ רַק ד 1Sam 5:4 (but sense difficult; We proposes דָּגוֺ only his fish, i.e. fishy part, was left upon him, see also Dr; — but was Dagon a fish-god ? compare works cited above & Scholz^{G-tzendienst 238 ff.}, Baud in PRE^{2 iii. 460 ff.} especially Jen^{Kosmol. 449 ff.}) see בֵּית דָּגוֺן p. III.