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da.gon H1712

דָּגוֹן (da.gon) means “Dagon” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

דָּגוֹן Hebrew · H1712 13 tagged occurrences in 7 verses

Pronunciation guide: daw-gohn' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1712

דָּגוֹן · da.gon · Dagon

§ Dagon = "a fish" a Philistine deity of fertility; represented with the face and hands of a man and the tail of a fish

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H1709 (דָּג); the fish-god; Dagon, a Philistine deity

KJV glosses: Dagon.

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How translators render H1712

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
of dagon 4
dagon 3
was dagon 2
his statue 1
the torso 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of dagon 5
dagon 3
behold dagon 2
into dagons 1
unto dagon 1
upon us and upon dagon 1

Verses containing H1712

Page 1 of 1. 7 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Judges 16:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”

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  2. 1 Samuel 5:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.

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  3. 1 Samuel 5:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.

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  4. 1 Samuel 5:4 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.

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  5. 1 Samuel 5:5 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.

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  6. 1 Samuel 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”

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  7. 1 Chronicles 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.

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