'Dagon' definitions:
Definition of 'Dagon'
From: WordNet
noun
God of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines
Definition of 'Dagon'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- They brought it into the house of Dagon. --1 Sam. v. 2. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dagon'
From: GCIDE
- Dagon \Dag"on\ (d[a^]g"[o^]n), n. [See Dag a loose end.] A slip or piece. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dagon'
From: Easton
- 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.)
Definition of 'Dagon'
From: Hitchcock
- Dagon, corn; a fish