דָּגוֹן
dagon · Dagon
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1712 · appears 13 times in the Bible
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dagon (דָּגוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Dagon”.
The chief god of the Philistines; he had temples in Gaza and in Ashdod (1 Samuel 5:2).
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da·gon
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Judges 16:23
Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, “Our god has given into our hand Samson our enemy.”
- 1 Samuel 5:2
And the Philistines took the ark of Elohim and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it beside Dagon.
- 1 Samuel 5:3
And the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, and there was Dagon, fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of YHWH. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.
- 1 Samuel 5:4
And they rose early in the morning the next day, and there was Dagon, fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of YHWH, and the head of Dagon and both palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold; only Dagon was left to him.
- 1 Samuel 5:5
That is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
- 1 Samuel 5:7
And the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, and they said, “The ark of the Elohim of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.”
- 1 Chronicles 10:10
And they put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they fastened in the house of Dagon.
And 6 more times.