How to Pronounce Dagon
DAY-gone
Dagon is pronounced DAY-gone (ˈdeɪgɑːn): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: DAY-gahn.
What does Dagon mean?
Dagon means “corn; a fish”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was 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.)
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
DAY-gahn
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