Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
god of agriculture and the earth;
national god of Philistines;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dagon \Da"gon\ (d[=a]"g[o^]n), [Heb. D[=a]gon, fr. dag a fish:
cf. Gr. Dagw`n.]
The national god of the Philistines, represented with the
face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a
fish. --W. Smith.
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This day a solemn feast the people hold
To Dagon, their sea idol. --Milton.
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They brought it into the house of Dagon. --1 Sam. v. 2.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dagon \Dag"on\ (d[a^]g"[o^]n), n. [See Dag a loose end.]
A slip or piece. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dagon
n 1: god of agriculture and the earth; national god of
Philistines
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Dagon
little fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-god; the
national god of the Philistines (Judg. 16:23). This idol had the
body of a fish with the head and hands of a man. It was an
Assyrio-Babylonian deity, the worship of which was introduced
among the Philistines through Chaldea. The most famous of the
temples of Dagon were at Gaza (Judg. 16:23-30) and Ashdod (1
Sam. 5:1-7). (See FISH.)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Dagon, corn; a fish