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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 Box1Sa 5:3 - καὶ ὤρθρισαν οἱ Ἀζώτιοι καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς οἶκον Δαγων καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ Δαγων πεπτωκὼς ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον κιβωτοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἤγειραν τὸν Δαγων καὶ κατέστησαν εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐβαρύνθη χεὶρ κυρίου ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀζωτίους καὶ ἐβασάνισεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰς ἕδρας αὐτῶν τὴν Ἄζωτον καὶ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ὤρθρισαν τὸ πρωί καὶ ἰδοὺ Δαγων πεπτωκὼς ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον κιβωτοῦ διαθήκης κυρίου καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ Δαγων καὶ ἀμφότερα τὰ ἴχνη χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀφῃρημένα ἐπὶ τὰ ἐμπρόσθια αμαφεθ ἕκαστον καὶ ἀμφότεροι οἱ καρποὶ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ πεπτωκότες ἐπὶ τὸ πρόθυρον πλὴν ἡ ῥάχις Δαγων ὑπελείφθη

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:5 - διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐπιβαίνουσιν οἱ ἱερεῖς Δαγων καὶ πᾶς ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος εἰς οἶκον Δαγων ἐπὶ βαθμὸν οἴκου Δαγων ἐν Ἀζώτῳ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ὅτι ὑπερβαίνοντες ὑπερβαίνουσιν

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