dagon

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dagon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dagon \Da"gon\ (d[=a]"g[o^]n), [Heb. D[=a]gon, fr. dag a fish:
     cf. Gr. Dagw`n.]
     The national god of the Philistines, represented with the
     face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a
     fish. --W. Smith.
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           This day a solemn feast the people hold
           To Dagon, their sea idol.                --Milton.
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           They brought it into the house of Dagon. --1 Sam. v. 2.
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  Dagon \Dag"on\ (d[a^]g"[o^]n), n. [See Dag a loose end.]
     A slip or piece. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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dagon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dagon
      n 1: god of agriculture and the earth; national god of
           Philistines

dagon - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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.)