Lexicon :: Strong's H1712 - dāḡôn

דָּגוֹן

Transliteration

dāḡôn

Pronunciation

daw-gohn'

Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From דָּג (H1709)

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

דָּגוֹן Dâgôwn, daw-gohn'; from H1709; the fish-god; Dagon, a Philistine deity:—Dagon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H1712 in the following manner: Dagon (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H1712 in the following manner: Dagon (13x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Dagon = "a fish"
1. a Philistine deity of fertility; represented with the face and hands of a man and the tail of a fish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

דָּגוֹן Dâgôwn, daw-gohn'; from H1709; the fish-god; Dagon, a Philistine deity:—Dagon.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H1712: Abbreviations

† דָּגוֺן proper name, masculine: 1 Samuel 5:4 god & idol of Philistines (compare Assyrian Dagan, Dakan(nu), name perhaps non-Shemitic COT Judges 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 Judges 16:23 (Gaza) & 1 Chronicles 10:10 (but compare below); — דגון אֱלֹהֵיהֶם Judges 16:23 compare דגון אֱלֹהֵינוּ 1 Samuel 5:7, בֵּית ד׳ 1 Samuel 5:2, 5; 1 Chronicles 10:10 (here hardly original compare || 1 Samuel 31:10 & We Dr); כֹּהֲנֵי ד׳ 1 Samuel 5:5, מִפְתַּן ד׳ 1 Samuel 5:5; as name of image (אֵצֶל) ד׳ 1 Samuel 5:2; 1 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 5:4, דגון נֹפֵל 1 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 5:4, נִשְׁאַר עָלָיו רַק ד׳ 1 Samuel 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^{2iii. 460 ff.} especially Jen^{Kosmol. 449 ff.}) see בֵּית דָּגוֺן p. III.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

16:23; 16:23; 16:23

1 Samuel

5:2; 5:2; 5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:4; 5:4; 5:4; 5:5; 5:5; 5:5; 5:7; 31:10

1 Chronicles

10:10; 10:10

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H1712 matches the Hebrew דָּגוֹן (dāḡôn),
which occurs 13 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Jdg 16:23

Jdg 16:23 - Then the lords^H5633 of the Philistines^H6430 gathered them together^H622 for to offer^H2076 a great^H1419 sacrifice^H2077 unto Dagon^H1712 their god,^H430 and to rejoice:^H8057 for they said,^H559 Our god^H430 hath delivered^H5414 Samson^H8123 our enemy^H341 into our hand.^H3027

1Sa 5:2

1Sa 5:2 - When the Philistines^H6430 took^H3947 the ark^H727 of God,^H430 they brought^H935 it into the house^H1004 of Dagon,^H1712 and set^H3322 it by^H681 Dagon.^H1712

1Sa 5:3

1Sa 5:3 - And when they of Ashdod^H796 arose early^H7925 on the morrow,^H4283 behold, Dagon^H1712 was fallen^H5307 upon his face^H6440 to the earth^H776 before^H6440 the ark^H727 of the LORD.^H3068 And they took^H3947 Dagon,^H1712 and set^H7725 ➔ him in his place^H4725 again.^H7725

1Sa 5:4

1Sa 5:4 - And when they arose early^H7925 on the morrow^H4283 morning,^H1242 behold, Dagon^H1712 was fallen^H5307 upon his face^H6440 to the ground^H776 before^H6440 the ark^H727 of the LORD;^H3068 and the head^H7218 of Dagon^H1712 and both^H8147 the palms^H3709 of his hands^H3027 were cut off^H3772 upon the threshold;^H4670 only the stump of Dagon^H1712 was left^H7604 to him.

1Sa 5:5

1Sa 5:5 - Therefore neither the priests^H3548 of Dagon,^H1712 nor any that come^H935 into Dagon's^H1712 house,^H1004 tread^H1869 on the threshold^H4670 of Dagon^H1712 in Ashdod^H795 unto this day.^H3117

1Sa 5:7

1Sa 5:7 - And when the men^H582 of Ashdod^H795 saw^H7200 that it was so, they said,^H559 The ark^H727 of the God^H430 of Israel^H3478 shall not abide^H3427 with us: for his hand^H3027 is sore^H7185 upon us, and upon Dagon^H1712 our god.^H430

1Ch 10:10

1Ch 10:10 - And they put^H7760 his armour^H3627 in the house^H1004 of their gods,^H430 and fastened^H8628 his head^H1538 in the temple^H1004 of Dagon.^H1712