דָּגוֹן
da.gon
§ Dagon = "a fish"
a Philistine deity of fertility; represented with the face and hands of a man and the tail of a fish
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Concordance 7 verses
- Judges 16:23 לְדָג֥וֹן
Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
- 1 Samuel 5:2 דָּג֑וֹןדָּגֽוֹן׃
carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
- 1 Samuel 5:3 דָג֗וֹןדָּג֔וֹן
When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
- 1 Samuel 5:4 דָג֗וֹןדָּג֜וֹןדָּג֖וֹן
But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
- 1 Samuel 5:5 דָג֜וֹןדָּג֛וֹןדָּג֖וֹן
That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.
- 1 Samuel 5:7 דָּג֥וֹן
And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
- 1 Chronicles 10:10 דָּגֽוֹן׃ס
They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.
