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Da·gon The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.
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 n. A slip or piece. [Obs.]
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Dagon
n : god of agriculture and the earth; national god of
Philistines
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.)