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Lexicon :: Strong's H1712 - dāḡôn

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דָּגוֹן
Transliteration
dāḡôn
Pronunciation
daw-gohn'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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).

  1. 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.
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 DlPa 139 SayceRel. 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 & ScholzG-tzendienst 238 ff., Baud in PRE2iii. 460 ff. especially JenKosmol. 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

H1712

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 -

Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon H1712 their god and to be glad; and they said,

“Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:2 - Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon H1712 and set it by Dagon H1712.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - Then the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, and behold, Dagon H1712 had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. So they took Dagon H1712 and set him in his place again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But they arose early the next morning, and behold, Dagon H1712 had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. And the head of Dagon H1712 and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold; [fn]only the trunk of Dagon H1712 was left to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:5 - Therefore neither the priests of Dagon H1712 nor all who enter Dagon’s H1712 house tread on the threshold of Dagon H1712 in Ashdod to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - Thus the men of Ashdod saw that it was so and said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is severe on us and on Dagon H1712 our god.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:10 - And they placed his weapons in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the house of Dagon H1712.
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