Strong's Hebrew · H1712
H1712 Dâgôwn
דָּגוֹן
daw-gohn'
Dagon
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Dâgôwn appears 13 times in Scripture, including Judges 16:23 and 1 Samuel 5:2. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Dagon, a Philistine deity
In the King James Version
Dagon.
Derivation
from H1709 (דָּג); the fish-god;
Appears 13 times in Scripture
“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.”
“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.””
“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.”
“carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.”
“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.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
