Easton's Bible Dictionary
Dagon's house
(1 Samuel 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Joshua 15:41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon.
The Beth-dagon of Joshua 15:41 was one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the lowland or plain which stretches westward. It has not been identified.
The Beth-dagon of Joshua 19:27 was one of the border cities of Asher.
That of 1 Chronicles 10:10 was in the western half-tribe of Manasseh, where the Philistines, after their victory at Gilboa, placed Saul's head in the temple of their god. (Comp. 1 Samuel 31:8-13).
Strong's Hebrew
1712. Dagon -- a god and an idol of the Philistines... 1711, 1712.
Dagon. 1713 . a god and an idol of the Philistines. Transliteration:
Dagon Phonetic Spelling: (daw-gohn') Short Definition:
Dagon.
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Strength Profaned and Lost
... Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice
unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath ...
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The Ark of the House of Obed-Edom
... They had carried it and set it in insolent triumph in the Temple of Dagon, as if
to proclaim that the Jehovah of Israel was the conquered prisoner of the ...
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Israel in Canaan.
... for a time in Cyprus, had come and settled in Gaza and Ashkelon, and three other
very strong cities on the coast, where they worshipped a fish-god, called Dagon ...
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Thesaurus
Dagon's (2 Occurrences)... Easton's Bible Dictionary
Dagon's house. (1 Samuel 5:2), or Beth-
dagon, as elsewhere
rendered (Joshua 15:41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of
Dagon.
.../d/dagon's.htm - 7kDagon (9 Occurrences)
... The most famous of the temples of Dagon were at Gaza (Judges 16:23-30) and Ashdod
(1 Samuel 5:1-7). (see FISH.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...DAGON. ...
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Threshold (28 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 5:4 When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen
on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon...
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Threshhold (12 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon had
fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD: and the head of ...
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Doorstep (11 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 5:4 And when they got up early on the morning after, Dagon had come down
to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord; and his head and his ...
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Dahavan (1 Occurrence)
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Step (41 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 5:5 So to this day no priest of Dagon, or any who come into Dagon's house,
will put his foot on the doorstep of the house of Dagon in Ashdod. ...
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Tread (60 Occurrences)
... (YLT). 1 Samuel 5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into
Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day. ...
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Ashdod (21 Occurrences)
... It was one of the chief seats of the worship of Dagon (1 Samuel 5:5). It belonged
to the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:47), but it never came into their actual ...
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