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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 BoxJdg 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - Now the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 assembled H622 to offer H2076 a great H1419 sacrifice H2077 to Dagon H1712 their god, H430 and to rejoice, H8057 for they said, H559
“Our god H430 has given H5414 Samson H8123 our enemy H340 into our hands.” H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:2 - Then the Philistines H6430 took H3947 the ark H727 of God H430 and brought H935 it to the house H1004 of Dagon H1712 and set H3322 it by Dagon. H1712

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - When the Ashdodites H796 arose H7925 early H7925 the next H4283 morning, H4283 behold, H2009 Dagon H1712 had fallen H5307 on his face H6440 to the ground H776 before H6440 the ark H727 of the LORD. H3068 So they took H3947 Dagon H1712 and set H7725 him in his place H4725 again. H7725

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But when they arose H7925 early H7925 the next H4283 morning, H1242 behold, H2009 Dagon H1712 had fallen H5307 on 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 H3772 off H3772 on the threshold; H4670 [fn]only H7534 the trunk of Dagon H1712 was left H7604 to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:5 - Therefore H5921 H3651 neither H3808 the priests H3548 of Dagon H1712 nor H3808 all H3605 who enter H935 Dagon’s H1712 house H1004 tread H1869 on the threshold H4670 of Dagon H1712 in Ashdod H795 to this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - When the men H376 of Ashdod H795 saw H7200 that it was so, H3651 they said, H559 “The ark H727 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 must not remain H3427 with us, for His hand H3027 is severe H7185 on us and on Dagon H1712 our god.” H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:10 - They put H7760 his armor H3627 in the house H1004 of their gods H430 and fastened H8628 his head H1538 in the house H1004 of Dagon. H1712
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