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Dagon

Da′gon

(dā′gŏn)
,
[Heb.
Dāgon
, fr.
dag
a fish: cf. Gr.
Δαγών
.]
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.
This day a solemn feast the people hold
To
Dagon
, their sea idol.
Milton.
They brought it into the house of
Dagon
.
1 Sam. v. 2.

Dag′on

(dăg′ŏn)
,
Noun.
[See
Dag
a loose end.]
A slip or piece.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


Dagon

Dagon

See also: dagon and dag-on

English

Proper noun

Dagon

  1. The main god of the Phoenicians, represented as half man and half fish.
    • Bible, 1 Sam. v. 2
      They brought it into the house of Dagon.
    • John Milton
      This day a solemn feast the people hold / To Dagon, their sea idol.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
      Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

Anagrams

dagon

dagon

See also: Dagon and dag-on

Middle English

Noun

dagon (plural dagons)

  1. A slip or piece.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)