Limitless Word
דָּגוֹןDâgôwn/daw-gohn'/
HebrewH171213 occurrences (KJV)

Dagon, a Philistine deity

KJV renders it: Dagon.

Where it appears(showing the first 7 of 13)

  • Judg 16:23The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”
  • 1 Sam 5:2The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
  • 1 Sam 5:3When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
  • 1 Sam 5:4When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.
  • 1 Sam 5:5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon’s house, step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.
  • 1 Sam 5:7When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us; for his hand is severe on us, and on Dagon our god.”
  • 1 Chr 10:10They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.