Dâgôwn — H1712

H1712 · Hebrew — דגון

Pronunciation: daw-gohn'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Dagon, a Philistine deity

  1. Dagon = "a fish"
  2. a Philistine deity of fertility; represented with the face and hands of a man and the tail of a fish

Usually translated as

Dagon

Origin

from H1709; the fish-god

Occurrences

Dâgôwn occurs 13 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), 1 Samuel (5), 1 Chronicles (1)

Strong's Lexicon — D